Tristram's starling / Tristramstar (Onychognathus tristramii)

Wikipedia: Tristram's starling Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Tristram%27s_starling_3.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Onychognathus (Onychognathus); Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
General: Tristram's starling (Onychognathus tristramii) or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East. Its territory is in the areas of Israel, Jordan, northeastern Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman, nesting mainly on rocky cliff faces.^[2] The species is named after Reverend Henry Baker Tristram, who also collected natural history specimens.^[3] [more]