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metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica)
Subject: metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica)
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Metallic Starling RWD1 - metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica).jpg
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metallic starling, shining starling (Aplonis metallica)


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English: Male Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) - Australia
Date 8 January 2009
Author DickDaniels https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metallic_Starling_RWD1.jpg

The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as shining starling, is a bird in the starling family. It is native of the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islandss. The adult has brilliant red eyes, a long forked tail and green-glossed black plumage. Immatures are pale below with dark streaks. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Sturnidae, Genus: Aplonis, Species: Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824).

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Scientific Name: Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824)
Common Names: Metallic Starling, Shining Starling, Colonial Starling
Synonyms: Aplornis metallica metallica Christidis and Boles (2008)
French: Stourne luisant German: Weberstar Spanish: Estornino Lustroso
Taxonomy: Lamprotornis metallica Temminck, 1824, “Timor and Celebes“= Ambon.

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