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Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Photo by Johan Heyns
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Very skittish! Could not get close for a better photo.

Reference Links:

Violet-backed starling - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Violet-backed starling (Plum-coloured or amethyst starling)

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

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Zlatan Celebic
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Comments (2)
Zlatan Celebic
Hi Johan Heyns In order to assure the accurate information on PN, I took a liberty to curate your spotting, and change the ID and references from Purple to Violet-backed Starling (a.k.a. Plum-colored or Amethyst starling). Purple starling is purple all-over (including belly), an its distribution do not inlude southern parts of African continent. Hope you don't mind my intervention. Cheers
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I agree with Zlatan, the purple Starling has a purple head, turquoise back and blue breast/belly.

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PublishedNovember 20, 2013

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