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Cape Starling I took this photo of a Cape Starling at World of Birds in Cape Town. This particular bird was quite used to humans and let me get within about 3 meters before it began to get skittish. Cape Town,Cape starling,Fall,Geotagged,Lamprotornis nitens,South Africa Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Cape Starling

I took this photo of a Cape Starling at World of Birds in Cape Town. This particular bird was quite used to humans and let me get within about 3 meters before it began to get skittish.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Excellent closeup! Posted 10 years ago

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The Cape starling

The Cape starling, red-shouldered glossy-starling or Cape glossy starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

It grows to about 22 cm in size. Its habitat is woodlands, bushveld and in suburbs.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by tweezie94
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Uploaded Apr 20, 2015. Captured Jun 12, 2014 12:33 in 32 Kirstenbosch Drive, Bishopscourt, Cape Town, 7708, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/60s
  • ISO1600
  • 214mm
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