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Red-shouldered Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis nitens

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Notes:

I am so astonished by the 'reflective' color of the feather!

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sttweets
sttweets 13 years ago
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens Red-shouldered Glossy-starling


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8 Comments

MichaelSze
MichaelSze 13 years ago

glad I can help tho I have no idea on the ID at first :p

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 13 years ago

Thanks to this spotting I could ID one of mine :-)

MichaelSze
MichaelSze 13 years ago

thx all for the advise!

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sttweets
sttweets 13 years ago

I'm waiting for ProjectNoah to add sound....

Gina9210
Gina9210 13 years ago

sttweets I would like to hear that Dutch pronunciation pls...:-)

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sttweets
sttweets 13 years ago

In Dutch it's called 'glanskopspreeuw' which I found most of the times translated into Cape Glossy Starling. Wikipedia however calls it Red-shouldered Glossy-starling

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 13 years ago

funny eyes, gives it a startled look :D

Gina9210
Gina9210 13 years ago

Cape Glossy Starling? I am not so sure.

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MichaelSze
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MichaelSze

元朗 Yuen Long, 香港 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Spotted on Jun 25, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2011

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