Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)

Red-winged starlings bickering or merely chattering. 2009-11-04 12.18.10 Gqeberha (former Port Elisabeth)
Classification: Genus Onychognathus; Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
General: The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat. [more]

First documented observation : 2009-11-04 in Gqeberha (former Port Elisabeth).