#purple glossy starling

[heartnosekid]

purple glossy starling (lamprotornis purpureus) | adlerstudios on ig

[proton-wobbler]

Loser's Bracket, Poll 5

Image Sources: Hawk (All About Birds); Starling (James Kennerly); Ifrita (Frédéric PELSY); Cinclodes (Jorge Ugalde)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Pearlescent Pair

This portrait of a pair of purple glossy starlings (Lamprotornis purpureus) at the Kansas City Zoo in Missouri.

Photograph by Joel Sartore

[herpsandbirds]

Purple Starling a.k.a. Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), family Sturnidae, found in tropical central Africa

photograph by Edith Hoffman

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purple glossy starling

[magnetothemagnificent]

I guess it's time I share my list of birds from this past Jewish year (I've been keeping two Big Year lists, Jewish year and secular year). All are from the US, except the last few which are indicated.

1. Ruby-crowned kinglet

2. American Robin

* Leucistic American Robin

3. Song sparrow

4. Rock pigeon

* Melanistic rock pigeon

5. Chipping sparrow

6. Hairy woodpecker

7. Mourning dove

8. Northern flicker

9. Eastern towhee

10. White crowned sparrow

11. White-throated sparrow

12 Savannah sparrow

13. House sparrow

14. European starling

15. American Crow

16. Common Raven

17. Gray catbird

18. Northern mockingbird

19. Canada Goose

20. Spotted Sandpiper

21. American herring gull

22. Marsh wren

23. Limpkin

24. Great white heron

25. Cattle egret

26. Anhinga

27. Snowy egret

28. Great blue heron

29. Black-crowned night heron

30. Wood stork

31. Common gallinule

32. Blue-gray gnatcatcher

33. Turkey vulture

34. Black vulture

35. Yellow rumped warbler

36. Tufted titmouse

37. Little blue heron

38. White ibis

39. Cooper's hawk

40. Cardinal

41. Green heron

42. Carolina wren

43. Palm warbler

44. Pine warbler

45. Sandhill crane

46. Carolina chickadee

47. Bluejay

48. Osprey

49. Chimney swift

50. Red-tailed hawk

51. Prairie warbler

52. American kestrel

53. Glossy ibis

54. Pied-billed grebe

55. Double-crested cormorant

56. Grey kingbird

57. Brown pelican

58. Fish crow

59. Royal tern

60. Bald eagle

61. Painted bunting

62. American white pelican

63. Common grackle

64. Boat-tailed grackle

65. Great-tailed grackle

66. American purple gallinule

67. American coot

68. Brown-headed cowbird

69. Tricolored heron

70. Mallard

71. Black-bellied whistling duck

72. Eastern kingbird

73. Yellow-billed cuckoo

74. Muscovy duck

75. American bittern

76. Ring-billed gull

77. American Pekin

78. Mallard-Pekin hybrid

79. Eastern bluebird

80. Yellow-bellied sapsucker

81. Red-winged blackbird

82. White-eyed vireo

83. Mottled duck

84. Broad-winged hawk

85. Dark-eyed junco

86. Brown thrasher

87. Sharp-shinned hawk

88. House finch

89. Eastern Phoebe

90. Downy woodpecker

91. Fox sparrow

92. Loggerhead Shrike!!!!

93. White breasted nuthatch

94. Red-bellied woodpecker

95. Brown creeper

96. Pileated woodpecker

97. American goldfinch

98. House wren

99. Barn swallow

100. Tree swallow

101. Black and white warbler

102. Red eyed vireo

103. Yellow warbler

104. Mute swan

105. Rusty blackbird

106. Common yellowthroat

107. Warbling vireo

108. Northern waterthrush

109. Veery

110. Swamp sparrow

111. Wood duck

112. American redstart

113. Orchard oriole

114. Greater Yellowlegs

115. Lesser Yellowlegs

116. Baltimore oriole

117. Hermit thrush

118. Wood thrush

119. Ovenbird

120. Indigo bunting

121. Black-throated blue warbler

122. Scarlet tanager

123. Worm-eating warbler

124. Northern rough-winged swallow

125. Blue-headed vireo

126. Northern parula

127. Prothonotary warbler

128. Philadelphia vireo

129. Blackburnian warbler

130. Magnolia warbler

131. Cedar waxwing

132. Blackpoll warbler

133. Yellow-throated vireo

134. Eastern wood pewee

135. Acadian flycatcher

136. Tennessee warbler

137. Caspian tern

138. Laughing gull

139. Forster's tern

140. American oystercatcher

141. Green-winged teal

142. Purple Martin

143. Least tern

144. Field sparrow

145. Killdeer

146. Grey-cheeked thrush

147. Rose-breasted grosbeak

148. Great-crested flycatcher

149. Swainson's thrush

150. Bay-breasted warbler

151. Chestnut-sided warbler

152. Willow flycatcher

153. Ruby-throated hummingbird

154. Peregrine falcon

155. Hooded crow IL

156. Laughing dove IL

157. Eurasian collared dove IL

158. Eurasian jackdaw IL

159. Common myna IL

160. Rose-ringed parakeet IL

161. White spectacled bulbul IL

162. European bee eater IL

163. Chukar IL

164. Short toed snake eagle IL

165. White stork IL

166. Little egret IL

167. Pygmy cormorant IL

168. Eurasian hoopoe IL

169. Alpine swift IL

170. Graceful pinia IL

171. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler IL

172. Tristan's Starling IL

173. Fan tailed raven IL

174. Eurasian black cap IL

Here's to at least 200 next year!

[witchstone]

okay, birds seen at home in june round up! comes to a total of 62 species, which is oddly high for the middle of winter. the highlight was the green twinspot, which i’d only got my first ever sighting of two weeks earlier. presumably it had only found its way to our garden because of the heavy rains and flash floods (and the tornado what the fuck) a few days prior - they’re forest birds, whereas our area is more broad-leaf woodland.

full list and photos under the cut!

bar-throated apalis, black-collared + crested + white-eared barbet, cape batis, dark-capped bulbul, green-backed camaroptera*, yellow-fronted canary, fork-tailed drongo, crowned eagle*, southern black flycatcher, african dusky flycatcher, african paradise flycatcher (odd for this time of year), egyptian goose, gymnogene, southern hadeda, purple-crested loerie. speckled mousebird, black-headed oriole, rose-ringed parakeet*, black-backed puffback, red-capped robin-chat, cape glossy + black-bellied + red-winged starling, collared + greater double-collared + olive + amethyst + white-bellied sunbird, olive + kurrichane thrush, golden-rumped tinkerbarbet, southern black tit, spectacled + village weaver, cape white-eye, cardinal + golden-tailed woodpecker, red-eyed + tambourine* dove, brown-hooded kingfisher, red-backed + bronze mannikin, klaas’s cuckoo*, lesser honeyguide, grey-headed bushshrike*, familiar chat, southern grey-headed sparrow, woolly-necked stork, sombre greenbul*, green woodhoopoe, cape wagtail, southern boubou, black sparrowhawk, african palm swift, green twinspot, black cuckooshrike?, black-headed heron, little sparrowhawk?, pied crow, african goshawk

* = call heard, no visuals, ? = i’m reasonably sure it was that, but not 100%

dark-capped bulbul, taken at a nature reserve up the hill

eurytela dryope

not sure yet. maybe a mocker swallowtail judging by the body?

olive sunbird my beloved

the green twinspot!! absolutely not a great photo, but i was surprised to get a pic at all tbh. either a female or juvenile

bosduival’s tree nymph

souther hadeda. chicken sized rats and the worst dawn chorus you’ve ever heard

golden-tailed woodpecker

gold-spotted sylph. have never seen one before in my life, but it was hanging around the laundry

southern black tit!

[inga-don-studio]

Tagged by @plushmon in a 'know people better' tag game (thanky!!!)

Last song: Wriggle by Cosmo Sheldrake

Favorite color: It's a tie between teal & royal purple. Or whatever this splendid guy (aka purple glossy starling) has going on:

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet. My sweet tooth knows no chill.

Relationship status: Happily single not looking to mingle

Last movie/show/game:

Re-Animator for movies (remarkably my first viewing despite my love for mad science in horror)

It's been a few months but I think the last show I revisited was Star Trek The Next Generation? Because I wanted to see space-god Q being a petty little dumbass again?

Minecraft for games

Last google search: local science museum's job openings board. Not exciting, I know.

Current obsession: I'm in between what I'd consider 'current obsessions' but I've been dedicating a fair bit of of thought & research into improving my cosplays as well as doll-making techniques for some monster dolls I'd like to start making eventually

I never know who to tag & who not-to, so if you want to give this a go- I choose you!!! Tagging a few peeps but of course it's only if/what you want to: @tielesiti-eftu @slenders1ckn3ss @atticofthings @toomuchdickfort @snugbug @halloweenedition @toonfanstars @ghosttcryptids @solitarysketcher @nicxan @sodalite-lite @wenek-jajecznica @werewolfautism

[coffeenuts]

Purple Glossy Starling. by Iangill1948 https://flic.kr/p/2odqBQg

[cypriathus]

Here's my version of Zerachiel!

POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING: I briefly mention pedophilia and talk about OCD.

Zurachoniel Absevomuthi is a self-confident, honest, and patient charismatic fallen hybrid between an archangel and a choir angel with a strong fondness for young children. He’s exceptionally compassionate and wise, and often behaves in an enthusiastic and cheerful way, trying to inspire positivity within others. However, he can come off as frustratingly boisterous, gullible, naive, and even mischievous at times. Despite the betrayal of his kind and his persistent loneliness, he tries to maintain an optimistic outlook on life. He’s a workaholic with intense loyalty in his relationships and materialistic desires. Due to his pragmatic nature, he’s concerned more with matters of fact than with what could or should be. He’s tenacious and stubborn when it comes to his responsibilities and love of music, but can make brash and clumsy decisions. Whenever he feels extremely stressed out or mentally exhausted, he tries to remain calm, bubbly, and stoic. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), possessing an irrational fear of contamination and misplacing items. He has a need for things to be orderly and balanced, and a difficult time dealing with uncertainty. He experiences unwanted, aggressive, and horrific thoughts about sexual objects, losing control, and harming himself and others. Zurachoniel tries to think of more pleasant thoughts, follows a strict cleaning and organising routine, and often demands reassurance.

He’s a 5’ 3” (160.02 cm) ectomorph with an inverted triangular figure, sloping shoulders, a square chest, and a mediocre musculature. He has pallid skin with cut marks on his thighs and greyish-brown freckles on his face, neck, hands, and feet. He has inverted T transgender mastectomy scars and a silvery birthmark that’s shaped like a long-haired comet on his lower right abdominopelvic quadrant. Zurachoniel’s side-swept hair is a silvery-green with messy surfer vibes, and he has sunburst soft maroon-salmon pink eyes with blue tapetum lucidum. He used to have two wings that mimic the natural hues of a purple starling, but changed into a glossy black with pink sheen after his fall. He has two tattoos: a fiery gyrfalcon emerging from an old-fashioned furnace and a blue serpent coiling around a golden trumpet on his right arm.

During his time in heaven, he wore a linen alb of shimmering blue-green with slight ripples and it reached above his mid-calves. Over his alb is a golden dalmatic that had embroidered designs of hibiscus flowers, rivers, shooting comets, turtle doves, and circles of fire. He wears a cashmere red-violet skirt with white ermine trim at the bottom and gilt-brass anklets. Around his waist was a metallic purple girdle of bluish-yellow bells, red grapes, and poet’s daffodils. He originally had a simple golden halo that gleamed with bright light, but that would turn into a smoky black with sharp spikes. After Zurachoniel’s fall from grace, he wears a tight broadcloth shirt of mine shaft and a viola bowtie with diagonal marigold stripes. He dons a fuzzy wuzzy brown tuxedo and dusty grey trousers with copper rust and pirate’s gold polka dots. He also has an acapulco formal V-neck vest and gypsum rose lace-ups with metallic blue bottoms. He carries around an acoustic guitar made from Hawaiian koa wood and a golden carnyx that has a bell styled in an open-mouthed dragon’s head. His gryphon-adorned thurible is tied to his black leather belt and his carnyx has a thin, yet sturdy shoulder strap.

Zurachoniel can manipulate holy music, fragrance, bitterness, and angels, and use omni-telepathy, meta-teleportation, and psychokinesis. His omniscience is nearly perfect, but various details and topics are mentally blocked. However, he possesses absolute knowledge on moons, the musical arts, and the apocalypse of each universe. He’s a master of singing and musical instruments, using his voice to purify negativity in those who are willing to listen. His physical strength and emotional intelligence is enhanced by prayers, and he can sense the coming of death and act of dying. He can create a violent firestorm and falling comets that poison rivers and water springs. He’s able to freeze the movement of the stars, moons, and the Sun, diminishing light and causing complete darkness during day and night. He has the ability to summon crowned locusts, earthquakes, hailstorms, lightning, and thunder. He can heal people of their physical and mental scars, and damage the souls of parents for their incompetence to protect and educate their children. Zurachoniel has dominion over the earth and purifying light, and can absorb addictions, night terrors, and memory problems.

FAMILY:

Unknown

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Zerachiel

Acrid Wyrm

Angel of Bitterness, Fractured Childhood, and Slow Healing

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

He’s questioning and transgender

As an Æylphitus, the different parts of his name have special meanings: Zurachoniel means “god has remembered” and Absevomuthi means “woodworm”.

He views door handles, empty sinks, and public toilets as sources of contamination.

He silently repeats a series of words in gibberish nonsense while doing unrelated tasks

When organising his clothing, antique items, books, and musical instruments, he always counts backwards and avoids the number 7.

During his time in Eylvhraszokjumni, he was a babysitter, an educator, and the leader of the choir angels.

He questioned the divine council on the unjust rules they impose on sinners and how some people were unfairly judged. The divine council weren’t impressed, so they orchestrated a plan to turn most of the angels against him by proclaiming that he’s a pedophile. They used fabricated evidence to strengthen their claim, so they can “justify” why he was kicked out of heaven.

His penis was surgically removed and his vagina mutilated with a ceremonial dagger, basilisk venom, and medicinal alcohol.

He dislikes to admit that he’s a fallen angel

He’s the vocalist and acoustic guitarist of Amara Lignum (“Bitter Wood” in Latin), a funky jazz band he founded.

[oneanimalpictureaday]

Purple starling, from the aquarium/zoo in Vienna

Fact from beauty of birds : The Purple Glossy Starlings (Lamprotornis purpureus) – also simply known as Purple Starlings – are fairly common in tropical Africa, where they are considered common to abundant within their natural range.

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A new variant has been added!

Makira Starling (Aplonis dichroa) © Bird Explorers

It hatches from blue, brown, common, dark, dull, glossy, high, long, melodic, purple, and small eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

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Round 1, Poll 17

Lady Amherst's Pheasant vs Purple Starling

sources under cut

Lady Amherst's Pheasant Propaganda

"it has AMAZING feathers and is very very pretty"

While the data is scant, there are reports that this species is a clinal migrant and lives in high altitudes in the summer and the foothills in winter, or during severe weather.

Purple Starling Propaganda

"Forages both in trees and bushes and on ground, often in company with other glossy starlings; hawks insects from trees. Communal roosts in non-breeding season may contain thousands of individuals." - BoW

Image Sources: Pheasant (Summer Wong); Starling (James Kennerly)

[origin-of-orbits]

based on this post

it's too good ok, i love it to bits and pieces. btw the bird that origin will be based on from now on is the purple-glossy starling

The bird is under the 'keep reading' section

full glory, very lovely.

[travelnew]

20th Mumbai Bird Race 2024 (HSBC India BirdRaces)

Sunday Feb 18, 2024 from 7:38 am to 6 pm, traveling 13.87 km for 626 minutes. Places birdwatched at: Lokhandwala lake > Lokhandwala nalla > Malad InOrbit Creek Road > IIT Powai lake & campus. Morning was cool and then very hot. We retired home for lunch and then resumed again. Lunch break was from 12 o'clock noon to 3:30 pm.

Number of bird species seen/ heard: 56.

25 Lesser Whistling-Duck 1 Gadwall 50 Indian Spot-billed Duck 2 Green-winged Teal 10 Greater Flamingo 5 Lesser Flamingo 1 Little Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Greater Coucal 2 Asian Palm Swift 5 Eurasian Moorhen 5 Eurasian Coot 9 Gray-headed Swamphen 2 White-breasted Waterhen -- Seen 3 Black-winged Stilt 1 Red-wattled Lapwing 3 Bronze-winged Jacana 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Common Sandpiper 4 Wood Sandpiper 1 Common Redshank 1 Black-headed Gull 1 Brown-headed Gull 1 Common Tern 1 Little Cormorant 1 Little Egret 1 Indian Pond-Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Medium Egret 1 Purple Heron 1 Glossy Ibis 1 Black-headed Ibis 1 Western Marsh Harrier 5 Black Kite 1 White-throated Kingfisher 5 Asian Green Bee-eater 1 Coppersmith Barbet -- Heard 2 Brown-headed Barbet 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet 1 Spot-breasted Fantail 1 Black Drongo 1 Ashy Drongo 1 Long-tailed Shrike 100 House Crow 2 Large-billed Crow 1 Common Tailorbird -- Heard 2 Ashy Prinia 1 Booted Warbler -- Heard 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Red-vented Bulbul 2 Jungle Babbler 5 Rosy Starling 5 Common Myna 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 Purple-rumped Sunbird 25 House Sparrow

Sunrise.

Lokhandwala lake

IIT Powai Campus

Here are few photos from the bird race clicked by my good friend, JN.

How did I capture a TIME LAPSE of the Sunset at Powai Lake?

There was a small mound of mud over which a branch of tree had fallen. I balanced my mobile properly for the entire duration of the setting sequence. My friend's son, SSN and other people walking in front of the mobile were politely asked to walk carefully from behind the mobile and over the branch. They complied and even thanked me for offering them the unnecessary hand over the small branch, on which I had balanced my mobile really well. All went well and then when I went to show my group, the result of my endevour, I realised I had not pressed the start button to click the mobile camera. Our hosts, the organizers of the India Bird Races, Mr. Ravi & Mr. Sunjoy as usual were gracious and kind and conducted bird quizzes with panache, that kept everyone on the edge to win prizes and gain knowledge.

You can check the earlier editions of the India Bird Races below:

2023 Mumbai Bird Race - 53 species seen.

2022 Mumbai Bird Race - 50 species seen.

2019 Mumbai Bird Race - 63 species seen.

2015 Mumbai Bird Race - 90 species seen.

The pan flavoured chocolate in this gift box was something new. I look forward to many more bird races and abundance of birds in and around Mumbai.

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #75:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

This month(-ish ^^;) I plan to feature bright and brilliant purple creatures!

(Absolutely beautiful photograph by James Harber, a.k.a. PeacockArmageddon (CC BY-ND 2.0))

The Purple Starling

A.K.A: The Purple Glossy Starling

Scientific Name: Lamprotornis purpureus

Region: Woodlands scattered across the northern half of Africa

Size: About 9" (~23cm) long

Interesting Note:  Unlike many brightly-colored birds, Purple Starlings are not sexually dimorphic - both male and female have the similarly bright plumage.  They only sport duller colors when they are young and need the extra camouflage.