Africa Wild

Posted: **Wed May 01, 2013 1:22 pm**

My pleasure $\O$

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2014 8:18 am**

Hildebrandt's Starling

http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hildebrandt's_Starling

Posted: **Thu May 29, 2014 1:08 pm**

Very pretty Nan.

Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:23 pm**

Very nice nan! $\O$

Posted: **Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:49 pm**

Starling help pretty please…

3. Burchells ?

4. Meves or Burchells ?

5. ??

Thanks!

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:10 pm 3. Burchell's starling
4. Burchell's starling

Mel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:26 pm Totally agree with Lis on no. 3 and 4 (and also 5) - the tail is not long enough for a Meves.

Posted: **Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:49 pm**

Starling help pretty please…

Greater Blue-eared?

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2.

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:10 pm 1. Cape glossy starling ??
2. Greater blue-eared starling

Mel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:35 pm No. 1 is difficult for me because I can't see the belly, but the second one is a greater blue-eared.

nan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:02 pm I think No 1 is a Greater too

Flutterby wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:52 am I agree with Lis' ID's. $\O$

ExFmem wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:56 pm I omitted Cape Glossy for these 2 due to the presence (to me) of the blackish ear patch, which the Cape Glossy lacks. No, they are not the same bird - taken 3 weeks apart.

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:03 pm The first one does not have the "right" mask, I think it is the light that makes a dark spot

Mel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:10 pm The first one has a different colour on its head. Like I said before, much more lilac. And both species to sport that ear patch in the according light.
That's why I wasn't sure what the first one is in the first place.

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2016 5:34 pm**

any intelligent guesses on the id of this feathered specimen...

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2016 5:48 pm Female violet-backed starling...........Intelligent enough

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:02 pm**

KTP

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Dewi wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:22 am 1. Cape glossy starling.

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:31 pm How come the Glossy Starling's eyes are not orange/yellow? Juv?

Dewi wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:30 am Juvenile Cape glossy starlings have dull grey eye rings that yellow with age around 2 to 3 months old. It takes 6 months for them to become the bright orange-yellow of the adults.