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Related: About this forumAmethyst Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
![](http://www.rockjumperbirding.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.-Violet-backed-Starling.jpg)
Hugh Chittenden
![](https://cdn.kloofconservancy.org.za/le/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/13200426/Leopards-Echo-Tim-McClurg-Violet-backed-starlings-9.jpg)
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51204506400_75ef90c342_b.jpg)
Helene Hoffman
![](https://vasishnvi.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/a874e40d02688aab51656f80bc0a8679.jpg)
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Amethyst Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) (Original Post)
Donkees
Mar 2023
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CrispyQ
(38,967 posts)1. OMG, the colors in the 1st & 3rd photos!
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Bayard
(24,197 posts)2. Why do we only get the ugly and obnoxious version?
AllaN01Bear
(23,810 posts)3. he couldnt help it , was born that way.!
you made me lol with that comment.
Donkees
(32,598 posts)4. Photo: STARLING AT NIGHT
![](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/SILVER-Birds-in-Flight-800x571.jpg)
Mark Williams
AmBlue
(3,447 posts)6. just wow!!
I had no idea such a color existed in birds!