Lesser Blue Eared Glossy Starling

Photos copyright: AS/monacoeye • Lake Nakaru • Oct 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Lesser Blue Eared Glossy Starling
Latin: Lamprotornis chloropterus
Other: Lesser Blue Eared Starling
Family: Sturnidae • Starlings

This is probably a Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling but there is a similar, larger, bird - the Greater Blue-eared Starling.