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  1. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

  2. Rotschulter Glanzstar / Starling

    Rotschulter Glanzstar / Starling

  3. Cape Starling

    Cape Starling

    The light has to be just right to see the glossy colors. Endemic to Southern Africa, this attractive common species is sometimes called "Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling" (reddish lesser coverts usually concealed) or "Cape Glossy Starling." Males and females are similar.
  4. Cape Starling

    Cape Starling

    One of the glossy starlings, perhaps the greater blue-eared starling ?
  5. Cape glossy starling

    Cape glossy starling

    The Norwegian common name means Green glossy starling, so I guess in some lights they iridesce towards green. Otherwise, note the yellow eyes.
  6. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

  7. Starling double act

    Starling double act

  8. Sergeant Major

    Sergeant Major

  9. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

    This one looks like it might be drying out after a bath, or it is inviting ants on-board to take care of feather mites
  10. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

  11. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

    Taken in Etosha National Park In Namibia
  12. Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)

    Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)

    Shot in Letaba Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa
  13. Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)

    Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)

    Kruger National Park, South Africa
  14. Cape Glossy Starling

    Cape Glossy Starling

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