Starlings
The Magpie Starlings, Speculipastor bicolor, is a gregarious nomadic pied starling of dry brush and thorn-scrub in northern and eastern Kenya. For more information, see our guide on backyard birds. For more information, see our guide on birds of prey.
Physical Description
This magpie averages 6.5 – 7.5″ inches in length. White patches at the base of primaries (longest wing feathers) that are obvious in flight.
Male shiny blue-black on upperparts, head, and upper breast; mostly white below; eyes blood-red.
Female dull blackish above with dark grey crown; dark grey throat is separated from the white belly by a glossy black breast band; eyes red or orange-red.
Juvenile brown with white belly; eyes brown, becoming orange-red in immature. Exceptional young birds are entirely white below, including the chin and throat. According to eBird, this species is well documented.
According to Audubon Society, this species is well documented.
Song
A prolonged soft babbling quereeeh qua kereek quak-quak, suaaaa, cherak-chik-chak…mixed higher harsh notes.
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