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Metalic Starling

Aplonis metallica

Photo by Muckpuk
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Field Notes

Description:

Males are metallic shiny black with red eyes. Females are more dull coloured with a white chest and less bright red eyes.

Habitat:

On power lines near "our" house near the ocean, Flying Fish Point, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia.

Notes:

Rainy warm afternoon.

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