Thanks Ishan. The bird is lacking the white chest band of the superb starling (the band is less pronounced in the juveniles but should still visible). The eye colour is also more that of the Hildebrandt's or Shelley's on the 3rd and 4th pic, but not so much on the 1st and 2nd... At Ngorongoro it can not be Shelley's so I'd favour Hildebrandt's but can't be 100% sure unfortunately.
Yes, they are of the same birds. Whether they're all the Suberb starling or either of the other two, that I'm not too sure of. I took these pictures inside the Ngorongoro National Park.
Ishan, are these all pics from the same birds? The last two don't look so much like a superb starling, could be Hildebrandt's or Shelley's starling depending on the exact location.
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Image one and five show Superb-starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
The others are Hildebrandt's.
Thanks for the update.
Thanks Ishan. The bird is lacking the white chest band of the superb starling (the band is less pronounced in the juveniles but should still visible). The eye colour is also more that of the Hildebrandt's or Shelley's on the 3rd and 4th pic, but not so much on the 1st and 2nd... At Ngorongoro it can not be Shelley's so I'd favour Hildebrandt's but can't be 100% sure unfortunately.
Yes, they are of the same birds. Whether they're all the Suberb starling or either of the other two, that I'm not too sure of. I took these pictures inside the Ngorongoro National Park.
Ishan, are these all pics from the same birds? The last two don't look so much like a superb starling, could be Hildebrandt's or Shelley's starling depending on the exact location.
Thanks. :)
Nice series of photos!