Burchell's Starling has glossy blue-green plumage and a purple rump. It lives in open woodland and savanna, searching mainly for insects on the ground.
The sexes look similar. Adults have glossy blue-green plumage, a purple rump, and a violet tail with dark bars. The ear-coverts and carpal patch are bronze-colored.
It occurs alone, in small groups, or in flocks and feeds mainly on the ground, chiefly on insects. It also eats small vertebrates, fruit, and flowers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.