Socotra starling
| Socotra starling | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Onychognathus |
| Species: | O. frater
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychognathus frater (PL Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881)
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The Socotra starling (Onychognathus frater) is a species of
.Its natural
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rural gardens.
The Socotra starling builds its nests in the hollow branches of Socotra's dragon blood tree[3] (Dracaena cinnabari). In addition to feeding on grasshoppers and figs,[2] the bird also eats the berries of the dragon blood tree and helps disperse the tree's seeds.[4]