starling, cape glossy starling, yellow-billed oxpecker, red-billed buffalo-weaver, white-browed sparrow-weaver. The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant.

The breeding starling is a compact, stocky songbird that has a glossy black plumage and a short tail. Its wings are pointed. The very short tail is conspicuous when a flock is in the air.

AKRON, OHIO, June 10, 2013 – It's not going to happen while you're peering through your binoculars, but African glossy starlings change color more than 10 times faster than their ancestors and ...

African glossy starlings change color more than 10 times faster than their ancestors and even their modern relatives, according to researchers at The University of Akron and Columbia University.