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starling These beautiful birds are common throughout Botswana but we never got tired of admiring their gorgeous coloring. Botswana,Geotagged,Greater blue-eared starling,Lamprotornis chalybaeus Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

starling

These beautiful birds are common throughout Botswana but we never got tired of admiring their gorgeous coloring.

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    Wendy
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    Looks more like he greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling - Lamprotornis chalybaeus.
    A meve starling has dark eyes...     Posted 11 years ago

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The Greater blue-eared starling

The greater blue-eared starling is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola. It is a very common species of open woodland bird, and undertakes some seasonal migration.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Aug 30, 2014. Captured Jul 7, 2014 23:34 in Unnamed Road, Botswana.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX280 HS
  • f/6.8
  • 1/318s
  • ISO160
  • 90mm
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Captured in the winter. More winter photos.