Did you know there are 108 species of Starlings? Most live in Africa. The science names of the starlings that donated these feathers for what I call my "Starling Poster" are:
Lamprotornis iris
L. nitens
L. purpureus
L. elizabeth
L. chakrurus
L. australis
L. acuticaudus
L. purpuroptera
L. regius
L. splendids
L. shelleyi
L. superbus
L. purpuriceps
L. ornatus
L. hidebranti
L. muesii
Cirmyricinolu leucogaster
Orychognathus walleri
Peoeptera stuhlmanni
Saroglossa spiloptera
These feathers were originally used in an ornithological study of feather evolution and were obtained from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.