Superb Starling

• GeneralMetallic blue with an orange belly; it is the most conspicuous bird on any East African safari.
• Its colonies practise a social reciprocity measured over the long term: a twenty-year study in Kenya showed that individuals who help to raise young receive help in return years later, even between unrelated birds.
• It suffers brood parasitism from the greater honeyguide and other birds, and a notable share of the broods the groups raise contains chicks of other species.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Open savannah, acacia woodland, farmland and camps of East Africa

Birth weight

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Size at birth

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

14 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

4 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprotornis_superbus

Best time: All year round in East Africa, by day; it is confiding and very common around campsites, lodges and car parks in the parks.