Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
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Depending on the light the violet-backed starling color may vary from black to light purple, as these images show. The pair below was photographed in Ruaha in September 2009. The female has no iridescent plumage. Roll your cursor over the enlargement to see another enlargement of a female.
 
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Nani Schmeling, Valéry Schollaert

Last Update this page: 07-14-11