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Cape Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis nitens

Photo by SeanWeekly
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Field Notes

Description:

Starlings imitate a variety of avian species and have a repertoire of about 15-20 distinct imitations. They also imitate a few sounds other than those of wild birds. The calls of abundant species, calls that are simple in frequency structure and calls that show little amplitude modulation are preferentially imitated.

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Awesome picture!
nice one again pal

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