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Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica(Temminck, 1824)
Native
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The metallic starling, also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Moluccas, New Guinea and satellites to north-east Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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