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Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
(L 6-7")
Masai Mara
22,24Oct2014
Relatively small starling ...rarely seen
on the ground...female and juvenile
have brown-streaked white bellies.
on the ground...female and juvenile
have brown-streaked white bellies.
I‘ll have a starling shall be taught to speak
nothing but ’Mortimer‘.
nothing but ’Mortimer‘.
(William Shakespeare in Henry IV)
Cinnyricinclus in Latin means
brilliant thrush; leucogaster in
Greek means white belly.
brilliant thrush; leucogaster in
Greek means white belly.
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