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GrasslandCavity nestMedium · 104 g
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The adult of this 27–28 cm (11 in) long starling has mainly dully glossed black plumage except for a white lower belly and undertail. It has a white iris and yellow lower mandible. The sexes are alike, but the juvenile has unglossed plumage, a brown iris and a dull yellow lower mandible. There are no subspecies. This species has a number of calls, but the most familiar is a skeer kerrra kerrra. There is also a soft warbling song.
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When to see the Pied Starling
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pied Starling
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pied Starling
The pied starling or African pied starling is a bird endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. It is common in most of its range, but largely absent from the arid northwest and the eastern lowlands of South Africa. It is found in open habitats such as grassland, karoo scrub, thornbush and agricultural land, and often associates with farm animals.
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Easily confused with
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeusThe greater blue-eared starling is a 22 cm long, short tailed bird.
Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australisBurchell's starling or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbusThis species is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) in height.
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