Ashy Starling

The ashy starling is an East African endemic found in open and wooded grassland with baobab trees. The nest with eggs was in Yaida Valley in a Commiphora mollis about 1.5 m off the ground; nesting material included fine roots and a shed cobra skin; the local Hadza said that the starling eggs are light green/blue but that sometimes there is also a white egg as in the photo above (a greater honeyguide?); click the photo to see 16 enlargements. Click the top photo territorial fight photos. The left 4th row photo is courtesy of Isaac Kilusu; the 2nd row photo is courtesy of Michael Oates. Except for the nest/eggs, all of the photos above were taken in Tarangire NP. Go to the Map page for detailed geo-referenced maps.

	Ashy Starling Lamprotornis (Cosmopsarus) unicolor
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