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Fischer's Starling
The English and scientific names commemorate the German explorer Gustav Fischer.
Original source: Donald MacauleyPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 09:07, 2 June 2011 (UTC) by Amada44 (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
Author: Donald MacauleyPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 09:07, 2 June 2011 (UTC) by Amada44 (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Fischer's Starling is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
The Fischer's Starling, Spreo fischeri, is a bird which is an uncommon resident breeder from southern Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern Kenya and Tanzania. It is found in dry open acacia thornbush. The English and scientific names commemorate the German explorer Gustav Fischer. Contents - * 1 Description * 2 Behaviour * 2. More
* 3 1 2 8 93 Fischer's Starling (Lamprotornis fischeri) * 0 8 85 Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor) * 10 1 9 8 92 White-crowned Starling (Lamprotornis albicapillus) * 15 4 11 8 70 Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) * 2 1 1 8 68 Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) * 5 1 4 8 78 Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus fulgidus) * 3 3 8 77 Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri) More
Fischer's Starling (Lamprotornis fischeri) = French: Spréo de Fischer German: Fischerglanzstar Spanish: Estornino de Fischer Taxonomy: Notauges Fischeri Reichenow, 1884, plains near Pare Mountains, Moshi District, south of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Until recently was usually placed in genus Spreo; has also been placed with L. unicolor and L. regius in a separate genus, Cosmopsarus. Monotypic. Distribution: SE Ethiopia, S Somalia, E Kenya and NE Tanzania. More
Fischer's Starling | Martin 2007» 5 comments Fischer's Starling - Fischer's Starling photo Martin Goodeye Fischer's Starling | Martin 2007» 4 comments Birding for Ten; Starlings in Arusha National Park - July in East Africa. It's mid-winter in Arusha National Park at three degrees south and more than a mile above our warming oceans. We're experiencing mornings that do feel chilly right enough. More
feeding in groups alongside Fischer's Starling which is another dry country bird. Golden-breasted Starlings nests in holes in trees and may use abandoned woodpecker or barbet nests. They breed during March-May and November-December which coincides with the rainy season in the areas they inhabit. They raise their young co-operatively with several birds feeding and tending the young. More
Fischer's starling is an East African endemic. These images were made in Makame in June 2007 (right) and Engikaret in June 2008. Roll your cursor over the enlargement to see another. More
Family : Sturnidae
Genus : Spreo
Species : fischeri
Authority : (Reichenow, 1884)