Murray Cooper / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Roland Seitre / Long-tailed Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus). Fathala Reserve, Toubacouta, Senegal.

Richard Du Toit / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) on aloe, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Theo Allofs / Long-tailed Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) pair fighting, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Anup Shah / Greater Blue eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) perched on branch, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) on seed pod, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Tui De Roy / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Laikipia Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Mpala Research Centre, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) pair and Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) group, Kenya

Edwin Giesbers / Asian Glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) perched on Oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) near fruit, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, June

Hermann Brehm / Burchell's glossy starling (Lamprotornis australis) perched, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Burchell's glossy starling (Lamprotornis australis) perched, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) calling, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Long-tailed Glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) calling, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Long-tailed Glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) calling, Africa.

David Tipling / Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) perched, Cebu, Philippines

Rod Williams / Superb Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) perched, East Africa, November

Rod Williams / Superb Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) perched, singing, East Africa, November

Rod Williams / Superb Glossy Starlings (Lamprotornis superbus) bathing, East Africa, February

Konrad Wothe / Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) adult and immature feeding on banana, India

Michael Durham / Iris Glossy-Starling (Coccycolius iris) feather, native to lowlands in West Africa

Rod Williams / Blue eared / Green glossy starling {Lamprotornis chalybaeus} captive, from Central and Southern Africa

Richard Du Toit / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Chobe River, Botswana

Mike Wilkes / Ruppell's long tailed starling {Lamprotornis purpuropterus} Lake Baringo, Kenya

Mike Wilkes / Blue eared glossy starling {Lamprotornis chalybaeus} Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Blue eared glossy starling {Lamprotornis chalybaeus} Kruger, South Africa.

Tony Heald / Red shouldered / Cape glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} Etosha NP, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Blue eared glossy starling {Lamprotornis chalybaeus} Chobe river, Botswana

Andrew Parkinson / Red shouldered (cape) glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} Etosha NP, Namibia

Andrew Parkinson / Red shouldered (cape) glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} Etosha NP, Namibia

Mike Wilkes / Blue eared glossy starling, Gambia, West Africa

Pete Oxford / Red shouldered glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens). Linyanti, Botswana, Southern Africa

Murray Cooper / Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mike Wilkes / Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) perched, The Gambia, December

Mike Read / Cape / Red shouldered glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} panting, on ground, Kruger National Park, South Africa, October

Mike Read / Cape / Red shouldered glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} on ground, Kruger National Park, South Africa, October

Mike Read / Cape / Red shouldered glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} perched, Kruger National Park, South Africa, October

Mike Read / Cape / Red shouldered glossy starling {Lamprotornis nitens} on ground, Kruger National Park, South Africa, October

Rod Williams / Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) perched on branch. Occurs Senegal, N Zaire east to Sudan, and W Kenya. Lower Risk Species, June 2OO8, Captive.

Rod Williams / Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) perched on branch. Occurs Senegal, N Zaire east to Sudan, and W Kenya. Lower Risk Species, June 2OO8, Captive.

Jim Brandenburg / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) in the rain, Kenya

David Pike / Blue eared glossy starling {Lamprotornis chalybaeus} Masai mara Kenya