Greetings everyone and thank you for your Votes and Comments on "Lunch 116 - The Common Drongo", or 'Fork-tailed Drongo', 'African Drongo' or alternatively, 'Savanna Drongo'. My wise friend Mike Young rightly said "confusion over common names is one of the very good reasons for the scientific name that all creatures on the planet are given" and so it also has the 'correct' name (as identified by Lynne) of a 'Dicrurus adsimilis'. Well why can't it just have one common name, too?! Confusion reigns!

Most folk commenting yesterday didn't give a fig for the name of the bird, they were up in arms over the fact it was munching on a butterfly..! Or a 'Bicyclus anynana', according to Lynne - sounds more like a recycled banana, to me "Can they not just eat worms?!", asked Kathryn. Have you got something against the poor worm, Kathryn?! If all birds just ate worms, we would surely soon run out of the humble worm - although not, perhaps if their name was Jim...take a look, it's a giggle!

And Mick was bemoaning the lack of Butterflies in his garden this year..."Perhaps I have a Drongo lurking about my primroses,dahlias,tulips,roses,daffodils,orchids and wacky baccy plants !!". Could be, Mick. Or the "Leith Mafioso"

Today's 'Lunch'
A more aptly named bird for today's offering, with refreshingly, just a single common name. The Superb Starling. It's not an image that will ever win prizes, but I selected it because it focuses on "Jim the worm", although it looks more like some other bug and I'll probably still get it in the neck from a certain person

Superb Starlings are very common in Kenya and if I were to give it another name, it would be Jacob - for its coat of many colours. Although its scientific name is Spreo superbus and make of that what you will. It's not a large bird, at just 7.5" (19cm) and is often found in family groups.

Have a Thankful Thursday, everyone ...!

Simon

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