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Royal Golden-breasted Starling

The Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius, too Cosmopsarus regius), also known as Royal Starling, is a medium-sized bird in the starling family.

The bird is 30-37.5 cm long and the wingspan is 11.5-13 cm.

The adult has a metallic green head and upperback, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white eyes and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail feathers.

The sexes are similar.

The Golden-breasted Starling is distributed to the grassland, savanna and shrubland of East Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania. Its diet consists mainly of insects and termites. The Golden-breasted Starling is a social animal, living in groups of three to twelve individuals.

Adult birds catch insects in flight and dig up termite mounds to find prey. Termites being a favorite.

This picture was taken in the Zoo of Krefeld, Germany.

 

De koningsglansspreeuw (Lamprotornis regius, ook Cosmopsarus regius) is een vogel uit de familie van de Spreeuwachtigen.

Hij komt voor in oostelijk Afrika, waar hij in groepen leeft. Er is geen kleurverschil tussen beide geslachten, maar de mannetjes zijn wat groter en hebben een langere staart.

Volwassen koningsglansspreeuwen meten 30 tot 37,5 centimeter.

Het zijn alleseters die zich voeden met vooral insecten, maar ook weekdieren, vruchten, bessen en zaden.

Deze foto is gemaakt in de Krefelder Zoo in Krefeld, Duitsland.

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Uploaded on January 7, 2023
Taken on November 8, 2018