 It may also nest in residential areas, breeding in roofs and apertures and up house eaves.Like other starlings, the red-winged starling is an omnivore, taking a wide range of seeds, berries, nectar from plants such as "Aloe" and "Schotia brachypetala", and invertebrates, such as the beetle species "Pachnoda sinuata".They may take nestlings and adults of certain bird species, such as the African palm swift.