Starlings of Africa

Greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 7.1

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Greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1250 sec at f / 5.0

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Greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1250 sec at f / 5.0

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Greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 8.0

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Greater blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), Botswana June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/500 sec at f / 8.0

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Meve's Long-Tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 7.1

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Wattled Starlings (Creatophora cinerea), Botswana, June 2009
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/250 sec at f / 7.1

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Stuhlmann's Starling (Poeoptera stuhlmanni), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100 sec at f / 6.3

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Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti), Serengeti, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 8.0

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 6.3

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Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti), Serengeti, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 6.3

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000 sec at f / 6.3

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Manyara, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/160 sec at f / 6.3

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Serengeti, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800 sec at f / 8.0

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Serengeti, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640 sec at f / 8.0

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Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Serengeti, Tanzania, July 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400 sec at f / 8.0

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Golden-Breasted Starling (Cosmopsarus regius), Samburu, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1600 sec at f / 8.0

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Ruppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus), Masai Mara (Keekorok), Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100 sec at f / 7.1

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Ruppell's Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus), Masai Mara (Keekorok), Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100 sec at f / 7.1

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Non-breeding male Wattled Starlings on Zebra's back (Creatophora cinerea), Masai Mara, Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1600 sec at f / 8.0

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Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti), Masai Mara (Keekorok), Kenya, Sept 2007
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/125 sec at f / 8.0

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