Starlings and Mynahs

 

The EMERALD STARLING, Coccycolius iris, is also called the IRIS GLOSSY STARLING and sometimes placed in the same genus as the other Glossy Starlings (as the Blue-eared below). It comes from West Africa. Male and female have similar iridescent green and purple plumage.
The BLUE-EARED GLOSSY STARLING comes in two species, the LESSER, Lamprotornis chloropterus, thought to be the bird here, and the GREATER, Lamprotornis chalybaeus. Both have a large range of most of sub-Saharan Africa and both look similar in size and plumage. The extent of blue plumage on the under-belly is the determining feature between the two species.
The GREY STARLING, also called the WHITE-CHEEKED STARLING, Sturnus cineraceus, comes from eastern Asia. Male and female have similar plumage. When typing "Grey Starling" into Google, the first page of results were for "Grace Darling" -- has Google gone to sound recognition?
The RED-WINGED STARLING, Onychognathus morio, comes from East and South Africa. It has glossy blue-black plumage with rufous orange wing edges (more visible in flight). The female has a grey head and throat.
The GROSBEAK STARLING, Scissirostrum dubium, as its name suggests, has a disproportionately large beak. Also called the Grosbeak Mynah and FINCH-BILLED MYNAH and, after its scientific name, the SCISSOR-BILLED STARLING, it comes from Sulawesi, Indonesia. It also has a distinctive orange flame-like flecking on its rump. Male and female have similar plumage.

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