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lamprotornis purpuroptera

  1. Ruppel's starling

    Ruppel's starling

    • Yves27
    • Media item
    • ethiopia lamprotornis purpuroptera rueppell's glossy-starling
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  2. Rüppell's Starling

    Rüppell's Starling

    • volker sthamer
    • Media item
    • kidepo national park lamprotornis purpuroptera rueppell's glossy-starling uganda
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Africa
  3. Ruppell's Starling juvenile

    Ruppell's Starling juvenile

    Rppell's Starling juvenile (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. The back is iridescent but the breast is still matte back and the iris is brown
    • Dave Clark
    • Media item
    • kenya lamprotornis purpuroptera maasai mara national reserve ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  4. Rueppell's Starling

    Rueppell's Starling

    • volker sthamer
    • Media item
    • 1dt ethiopia lamprotornis purpuroptera rueppell's starling
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Africa
  5. Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    • amesta
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling tanzania
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  6. Ruppell's Starling ETH SER

    Ruppell's Starling ETH SER

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • bishangari lodge ethiopia lamprotornis purpuroptera langano ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  7. Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    From the veranda by our tent
    • colincurry
    • Media item
    • 1dt kenya lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  8. Never more

    Never more

    A Ruppell's Long Tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) caught in flight while approaching. His dark feathers and its intimidating shape and eyes let me think to one of these worrying Hitchcock Birds or to the Raven from the Edgar Allan Poe's short story (even if Starling is not related to...
    • Ojeff
    • Media item
    • bird in flight jerome guillaumot lamprotornis purpuroptera long tailed starling voltige
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Africa
  9. Rueppell's Glossy Starling

    Rueppell's Glossy Starling

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • lamprotornis purpuroptera rueppell's glossy starling
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  10. RUPPELL'S LONG TAILED STARLING

    RUPPELL'S LONG TAILED STARLING

    • eliasbayou
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  11. rueppel's starling

    rueppel's starling

    the pawpaw was the big attraction last weekend in langano. several birds including the migry blackcap enjoyed the feast
    • volker sthamer
    • Media item
    • 1dt ethiopia lamprotornis purpuroptera rueppell's starling
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Africa
  12. Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    • GordonH
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling tanzania
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Africa
  13. Ruppell's long-tailed starling

    Ruppell's long-tailed starling

    Another one taken in the grounds of Keekorok Lodge.
    • Westmidstraveller
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's long-tailed starling
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Africa
  14. Ruppell's Long Tailed Starling

    Ruppell's Long Tailed Starling

    I think this must have been a young bird, judging by his untidy feathers.
    • Westmidstraveller
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  15. Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

    • mkrijger
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Africa
  16. Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling.

    Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling.

    • Shailesh Patel
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  17. ruppell's longtailed glossy starling

    ruppell's longtailed glossy starling

    • obasanmi
    • Media item
    • 1dt lamprotornis purpuroptera ruppell's starling
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
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