female Violet-backed Starling

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SKU NGAF16498 Categories African Birds, Wildlife Tags 4 chambered heart, aerodynamics, africa, altricial, animal, animals, Aves, Avian, Birds, birdwatching, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, common, communal roost, contour feathers, cryptic, down, feathers, female, filaments, glossy, gregarious, gyroides, hole nester, iridescent, Katavi National Park, keratin, mixed feeding flocks, mobbing, noisy, olfactory, omnivorous, ornithology, Oscines, pair bonding, Passerines, Plumage, Plumb-coloured Starling, Preening, primary, raucous, regional migrant, resident, rocky habitat, Safari, scales, secondary, segregated flocks, sexual dimorphism, sociable, starling, Sturnidae, tanzania, tourism, Travel, tree nesters, Vertebrate, Violet-backed Starling, warm blooded, widespread, wild animals, wildlife, wildlife habitat, wildlife images, wildlife photography, wildlife photos, wildlife pictures, wing flashes, woodland

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A female Violet-backed or Plum-coloured Starling drinks next to a Common Topi. The female is so different fom the vivid male that early naturalists thought they were a different specis

Photographer: Nick Greaves