Glossy Starling, Kruger NP, South Africa (1 Viewer)

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Stan.

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• Nov 19, 2017

• #1

I saw this one in Timbavati Tented Camp, Kruger National Park on the 29th of July. These are the only pictures I've got, can't really figure out which species it is. Any help would be appreciated!

https://observation.org/fotonew/0/15442930.jpg

 

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DeanT

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• Nov 22, 2017

• #2

I think Glossy.

 

Andy Hurley

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• Nov 22, 2017

• #3

Black-bellied looks favourite to me.

 

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Stan.

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• Nov 24, 2017

• #4

Thanks, I think you're probably right. I'll log it as an uncertain Black-bellied.

 

Andy Adcock

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• Nov 24, 2017

• #5

No idea where Timbavati is but Black-bellied is associated with water I think from memory?

The books states 'coastal and riverine forests'

The eye is too bright for Black-bellied too IMHO?

Unless Timbavati is in the Northe of Kruger, the only option other than Black-bellied is Cape Glossy

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Stan.

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• Nov 24, 2017

• #6

Hmm, this is the exact location: https://observation.org/waarneming/view/142386905?_popup=1
It is riverine thicket, but the river was completely dry when we were there.

 

Andy Adcock

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• Nov 24, 2017

• #7

DeanT said:

I think Glossy.

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Me too, Cape Glossy,
the eye is too bright for Black-bellied which AFAIK, isn't easy to see in Kruger?


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Stan.

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• Nov 24, 2017

• #8

Yeah, this was the first one I came upon when we just arrived, didn't have time to identify it at that moment so I took a quick pic. I did identify a lot of starlings there later and I didn't see any black-bellieds in Kruger. (I did see quite a few in iSimangaliso in the south) I find them quite hard to identify from photos though.

 

Last edited: Nov 24, 2017