POLIOPTILIDAE, SITTIDAE, CERTHIIDAE, MIMIDAE, STURNIDAE & BUPHAGIDAE

gnatcatchers, nuthatches, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings and oxpeckers

Pied Starling [Lamprotornis bicolor]

Adult – Location : near Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 11 Dec 2011

Pied Starling [Lamprotornis bicolor]

Adult - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa – Date of image : 17 Jun 2007

Pied Starling [Lamprotornis bicolor]

Immature - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa – Date of image : 17 Jun 2007

Violet-backed Starling [Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi]

Adult male of sub-species verreauxi in a Natal Mahogany (Rooiessenhout) Tree (Trichilia emetica) - Location : Mazithi Dam, near Tshokwane, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 14 Jan 2012

Violet-backed Starling [Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi]

Adult female of sub-species verreauxi - Location : Pilanesberg National Park, North West, South Africa - Date of image : 04 Nov 2011

Red-winged Starling [Onychognathus morio morio]

Adult male of nominate - Location : Giant’s Castle Camp, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Aug 2007

Red-winged Starling [Onychognathus morio morio]

Adult female of nominate - Location : Giant’s Castle Camp, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Aug 2007

Red-winged Starling [Onychognathus morio morio]

Adult female of nominate - Location : Kiara Lodge, bordering Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Feb 2012

Waller's Starling [Onychognathus walleri walleri]

Adult of nominate - Location : Castle Forest section, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya - Date of image : 28 Oct 2012

Pale-winged Starling [Onychognathus nabouroup]

Adult of nominate - Location : Augrabies Falls National Park, near Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 11 Jun 2006

Bristle-crowned Starling [Onychognathus salvadorii]

Adult - Location : near Kampi Ya Samaki, Lake Baringo, Kenya – Date of image : 26 Sep 2010

Kenrick's Starling [Poeoptera kenricki bensoni]

Adult male of sub-species bensoni - Location : Castle Forest section, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya - Date of image : 27 Oct 2012

Sharpe's Starling [Pholia sharpii]

Adult - Location : Thomsons Falls, Nyahururu, Kenya – Date of image : 26 Oct 2012

Abbott's Starling [Arizelopsar femoralis]

Adult males - Location : Castle Forest section, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya - Date of image : 28 Oct 2012

Abbott's Starling [Arizelopsar femoralis]

Adult male (below) & female - Location : Castle Forest section, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya - Date of image : 28 Oct 2012

Red-billed Oxpecker [Buphagus erythrorynchus]

Adults on impala - Location : Mativuhlungu Loop, near Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 25 May 2010

Red-billed Oxpecker [Buphagus erythrorynchus]

Adults on White Rhino - Location : Renosterkoppies, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 12 Jan 2008

Red-billed Oxpecker [Buphagus erythrorynchus]

Adults - Location : Nkuhlu picnic spot, between Skukuza and Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 13 Jan 2007

Yellow-billed Oxpecker [Buphagus africanus africanus]

Adults of nominate on kudu - Location : near Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 01 Jan 2009

Yellow-billed Oxpecker [Buphagus africanus africanus]

Adult of nominate on Blue Wildebeest calf - Location : near Lebala Lodge, Linyanti Concession, northern Botswana – Date of image : 29 Dec 2008