Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Photos taken by FaredinAliyevski in Frederiksberg, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark.
The Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the Plum-coloured Starling or Amethyst Starling, is a relatively small species of starling in the Sturnidae family.
This strongly sexually dimorphic species (which means the males and females of the same species look very different) is found widely in woodland of mainland sub-Saharan Africa.
Here’s a female Violet-backed Starling:
H/t Project Noah
See also my account of the European Starling I’d rescued, “A starling named Oliver.”
~Eowyn
