Pretty Bird by monjo71
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I'm hoping someone can ID this beautiful little bird for me. While at the zoo getting the gorilla I came across an area with some birds in it. Normally all my animal captures are shot in the wild, but this little guy was too beautifuul to pass on. I have no idea what part of the world it's from.... can some one tell me what it is? This is one of those MUST VIEW LARGE images.
Comments (17)
Breathtaking beauty! I have no idea about ID. Stupendous shots, as ever!
It is a starling my friend. Have a look at the link. There is a picture of the same bird as you have captured and uploaded. God Bless. Found it on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The name "Sturnidae" comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage. Starlings occur naturally in the Old World, from Europe, Asia and Africa, to northern Australia and the islands of the tropical Pacific. Several European and Asian species have been introduced to these areas as well as North America, Hawaii and New Zealand, where they generally compete for habitat with native birds and are considered to be invasive species. The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the European Starling, and throughout much of Asia and the Pacific the Common Myna is indeed common.
Wonderful and colorful! Stunning capture!
Fantastic shot of this colorful bird!
beautiful bird and colors
Yep... that's it!!! Thanks for the ID :)
Jip - Christo is correct - Starling!! We get them all over South Africa. This is a stellar image!
We have starlings in Oregon but they aren't nearly as pretty as this one.
Outstanding image---You must use a telescope to get such images
Our starlings are completely different here, they have beautiful iridescent spots but no colours like this. Fantastic captures!
Excellent shots!
I only wish we had starlings here with those colors it would be such a treat all we have is the black ugly ones with some spots on them this is something new to me but wow what a great pic.
wonderful colored bird, very nice shots
astounding colour, like an artists pallette
Magical close ups.
Splendid images
A stunning image. The vivid coloring is amazing. Great job!