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Metallic Starling
jmorlan

Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)

These is an immatures by its streaked white underparts. Adults are shiny black all over. Both have blazing red eyes as seen here. They breed colonially and were fairly common on most of the Maluku islands we visited. The similar Singing Starling (Aplonis cantoroides) has a much shorter tail and thicker bill.
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Location
Ambon War Cemetery, Pandan Kasturi, Kota Ambon, Indonesia.
Date taken
08 November 2023.
Scientific name
Aplonis metallica
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roch
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I saw like a thousand of them in mangrove forest near Sofifi, North Maluku. I would say, with their red eyes they're resembling group of bandits when in crowd perching :D
 
Bertus
Joe, if you did that with only a Powershot SX compactcamera you prove that it is not all about money, very lucky shot, Moluccas also diving paradise as far as I heard....
 
Bertus
Bertus said:
Joe, if you did that with only a Powershot SX compactcamera you prove that it is not all about money, very lucky shot, Moluccas also diving paradise as far as I heard....
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Somewhere in the 18th century the grandfather of my mother was Governor of the Moluccas I found out recently, his name was Goldman... are you still there?
 
jmorlan
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Bertus said:
Somewhere in the 18th century the grandfather of my mother was Governor of the Moluccas I found out recently, his name was Goldman... are you still there?
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No. I’m home now. Sorry. More to post soon.
 
Bertus
By the way, how did you get there and was it for birds or family or ...? It is not a big tourist destination, so I wonder...
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
200
Filename
MetallicStarlingIMG_2005.jpg
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Date taken
Wed, 08 November 2023 9:01 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 878px

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