Neumann's Starling (Onychognathus neumanni)
About the Neumann's Starling
Neumann's starling (Onychognathus neumanni) or Neumann's red-winged starling, is a bird native to Africa. This starling breeds on rocky cliffs, outcrops and gorges mainly in the Sahel from Mauritania and Guinea to western Sudan. Its English and binomial names commemorate German ornithologist Oscar Rudolph Neumann. This 25 cm long species is similar to other Onychognathus starlings, showing the characteristic rufous primary wing feathers, very obvious in flight. The iris is dark red, and the bill and legs are black. The male plumage is otherwise mainly glossy black, and the female is ash grey with darker streaking. The juvenile resembles the male, but is less glossy than the adult, and has brown rather than dark red eyes. The song is a too-whee-oo, and the alarm call is a harsh air, air.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus moriorecording
- Waller's StarlingOnychognathus wallerirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.