Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica

Metallic Starling feeding on the fruits of the Alexandria Palm.

The Metallic Starling is Australia's only native Starling. It is mainly a lowland rainforest dweller and is found from Cape York to Southern Queensland and sometimes straggles as far south as Sydney. They are communal nest builders with breeding colonies numbering in the thousands. They are fruit eaters and are very important seed disperses.

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Photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust