Violet-backed starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Starlings
(Sturnidae)
♂
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Purple head, back and wings with a clear white breast and belly for the ♂, ♀ has more normal brown speckled breast and belly. Relative small as a starling. The feeding of the young is done by both parents, outside breeding they are in flocks of same sexes. ⇔ l. 17-19 cm syn. Plum-coloured starling, Amethyst starling
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Violet-backed starling
Amatistspreeuw
Amethystglanzstar
Spréo améthyste
Storno ametista
Estornino amatista
Estorninho de dorso violeta
Аметистовый короткохвостый скворец
白腹紫椋鸟
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