The superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is a small, distictive bird which can commonly be found in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. It was formerly known as Spreo superbus. Adults have black heads and glossy blue-to-green backs, upper breast, wings and tails. The chest is blue followed by a white bar and below the abdomen isred-orange. The undertail coverts (feathers) and the wing linings are white. These starlings prefer dry habitat with abundant thorny scrub trees or bushes, and they are often seen in dry woodlands, scrub grassland, agricultural fields and even in urban and suburban areas, including parks and gardens. Superb starlings do not migrate.
