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Pale-winged Starling

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Onychognathus nabouroup
Photo by Alastair Rae Location: Sossusvlei, Namibia
Photo by Alastair Rae
Location: Sossusvlei, Namibia


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[edit] Identification

Length 26-28 cm. Black and glossy with a shorter, squarer tail than the Red-winged Starling, bright orange eyes and whitish wing panels (obvious only when in flight).

[edit] Distribution

South-western Africa: Western and central South Africa, Namibia and western Angola.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Rocky arid areas.

[edit] Behaviour

May form flocks with Red-winged Starlings.

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