Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Ruppell's Starling, Lake Awassa, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Lake Awassa, Ethiopia
January 2016

Rüppell's Starling is distributed from Sudan and Eritrea south to Tanzania. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in grassland, open woodland and bush country up to 2,400 metres.

Note the white eye, the long, graduated tail, the black mask and the greyish crown.

Ruppell's Starling, Lake Awassa, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image
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