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When to see the Slender-billed Starling
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Slender-billed Starling
The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Slender-billed Starling
The slender-billed starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidusThe chestnut-winged starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadoriiThe bristle-crowned starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanniThis 25 cm long species is similar to other Onychognathus starlings, showing the characteristic rufous primary wing feathers, very obvious in flight.
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