


ROYAL STARLING or GOLDEN BREASTED STARLING
Cosmopsarus regius
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The Golden-breasted Starling is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, passerine in the starling family. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller than adult.The Golden-breasted Starling is distributed to the grassland, savanna and shrubland of East Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
The Golden-breasted Starling is a social animal, living in groups of three to twelve individuals. Its diet consists mainly of insects and termites.
The female usually lays between three to five pale green eggs with red speckles. It nests in tree holes. The nest is made from leaves, roots and other vegetation matters.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-breasted_Starling
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