Cape (Red-Shouldered) Glossy Starling perched on a thorny branch

Mkhuze Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (August 2009)

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Cape Glossy Starling / Internet Bird Collection
Cape Glossy Starling / Bird Forum
Lamprotornis nitens / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species