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Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus

Description:

Is a member of the starling family of birds . Adults have black heads and iridescent blue-to-green back, upper breast, wings, and tail. The belly is red-orange, separated from the blue breast by a white bar. The undertail coverts and the wing linings are white. Superb Starling is commonly seen in East Africa but i found this bird at Bird Sanctuary ,Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia .

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7 Comments

Veni
Veni 12 years ago

Thank You everyone :)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Well named bird!

Veni
Veni 12 years ago

Thank You friends :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Lovely,,

Rico Bopanna
Rico Bopanna 12 years ago

Amazing colours! Great spotting:)

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Beautiful! Wonderful spot and photo

Funny I was just telling my son about these yesterday, as his favorite is the Starling- and he calls all black birds starlings...had to tell them not all starlings are black, and not all black birds are starlings :)

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Grandioso arco iris bello

Veni
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Veni

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Spotted on Mar 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2012

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