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Donkees

(33,700 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:00 AM 9 hrs ago

Amethyst Starling

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Amethyst Starling (Original Post) Donkees 9 hrs ago OP

Wow! Alliepoo 9 hrs ago #1

Extraordinary!!! Thank you. niyad 8 hrs ago #2

Gorgeous bird! HeartsCanHope 8 hrs ago #3

Beautiful! Sanity Claws 7 hrs ago #4

Beautiful photos! 👍🏿 Person of Interest 7 hrs ago #5

Where are these beauties a native species? GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #6

He's quite an eye-catcher! WestMichRad 7 hrs ago #7

OMG! What a truly gorgeous bird!!!! Fla Dem 5 hrs ago #8

Alliepoo

(2,832 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:03 AM

9 hrs ago

What a beautiful bird!

niyad

(132,411 posts)

2. Extraordinary!!! Thank you.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:42 AM

8 hrs ago

HeartsCanHope

(1,678 posts)

3. Gorgeous bird!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:42 AM

8 hrs ago

Thanks so much for posting!

Sanity Claws

(22,412 posts)

4. Beautiful!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:09 AM

7 hrs ago

It is so beautiful that I had to look it up. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Person of Interest

(381 posts)

5. Beautiful photos! 👍🏿

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:12 AM

7 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(4,238 posts)

6. Where are these beauties a native species?

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:28 AM

7 hrs ago

We get murmurations of the garden variety here – legend has it they were imported from Britain – but none of 'em are this colorful.

WestMichRad

(3,249 posts)

7. He's quite an eye-catcher!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:30 AM

7 hrs ago

Violet-backed or amethyst starlings are found in savanna and woodland of sub-Saharan Africa.

Fla Dem

(27,631 posts)

8. OMG! What a truly gorgeous bird!!!!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:10 AM

5 hrs ago

Thank You Donkees.

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