Monday 30 October 2023

Superb Starling

This is not a Malaysia local bird, but from Africa... It might be the escapee from bird park nearby...
And I will still post it under Birds of Malaysia, because it was not caged when I photographed it...


Order - Passeriformes

Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
栗头丽椋鸟 (lì-tóu lì liáng-niǎo)

    Malay : -
    Japanese : ツキノワテリムク (tsukino wateri muku-dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 月輪照椋鳥



    Size : 18 cm; 52–77 g
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic. (Rüppell, WPES 1845, Shoa, Ethiopia)
    – Southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Date : 07 August 2022
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Date : 07 August 2022
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

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