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Violet Starling Looking a bit scraggy around the head, but beautiful all the same.<br /> It is quite common for birds to peck at their mates head during the grooming season leaving them looking a little bald! Cinnyricinclus leucogaster,Fall,Geotagged,South Africa,Violet-backed Starling,birds Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Violet Starling

Looking a bit scraggy around the head, but beautiful all the same.
It is quite common for birds to peck at their mates head during the grooming season leaving them looking a little bald!

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    Ferdy Christant
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    What a lovely color, never seen this bird before. Posted 12 years ago

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The Violet-backed starling

The violet-backed starling is a relatively small species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Cinnyricinclus''. This strongly sexually dimorphic species is found widely in the woodlands and savannah forest edges of mainland sub-Saharan Africa. It is rarely seen on the ground, but instead found in trees and other locations away from the ground.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Oct 22, 2012. Captured Jun 15, 2012 14:02 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
  • f/5.6
  • 1/20s
  • ISO800
  • 250mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.