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Neumann's starling

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starlings, showing the characteristic rufous primary wing feathers, very obvious in flight. The iris is dark red, and the bill and legs are black. The male plumage is otherwise mainly glossy black, and the female is ash grey with darker streaking. The juvenile resembles the male, but is less glossy
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The red-winged starling builds a nest of grass on a ledge in a sheltered site such as a cave. It is also associated with human settlement, and some related
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This species is territorial, aggressive and intolerant when nesting, and will attack other species, including
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Like other starlings, the Neumann's red-winged starling is an
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species are known to use man-made structures as nest sites.
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breeds on rocky cliffs, outcrops and gorges mainly in the
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than the adult, and has brown rather than dark red eyes.
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are smaller and shorter-tailed than the nominate form,
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Neumann's red-winged starling

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Sturnidae
Onychognathus
Binomial name
Alexander
bird
Africa
starling
Sahel
Mauritania
Equatorial Guinea
Sudan
German
ornithologist
Oscar Rudolph Neumann
Onychognathus
Mali
Ivory Coast
red-winged starling

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