{"id":7301,"date":"2012-08-29T10:05:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tazintosh.com\/stourne-luisant-aplonis-metallica\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T10:11:55","slug":"metallic-starling-aplonis-metallica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/en\/metallic-starling-aplonis-metallica\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallic Starling \/ Aplonis metallica"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"taz_blockquote taz_blockquote-left\"><p>The Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) also known as Shining Starling, is a bird in the starling family. It is native of New Guinea and nearby Australasian islands, and a limited area of northeastern Australia.<br \/>The adult has brilliant red eyes, a long tail and green-glossed black plumage. Immatures are pale below with dark streaks.<br \/>They migrate during August to the northern regions of Queensland, where they mate, preparing messy globular nests for their young which hang from tall trees. There they remain until April, whereupon they make their return journey to New Guinea.<\/p><footer class=\"taz_blockquote-footer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aplonis_metallica <cite title=\"Wikipedia\">Wikipedia<\/cite><\/footer><\/blockquote>\r\n<h5>Metallic Starling expels the seed of a fruit previously digested.<\/h5>\r\n<div role=\"alert\" class=\"taz_alert taz_alert-info\"><div class=\"taz_alert-content\">Move the mouse cursor over the below image to enable the Rewind|Forward Animation Feature<\/div><\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"taz_rewindForward taz_largeImage\"><div class=\"_RF_area taz_imageWrapper taz_shadow taz_rounded taz_fitHeight\" style=\"background-color:#8FA7C8;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"taz_image _RF_item _RF_visible\" alt=\"Stourne luisant \/ Aplonis metallica - Metallic Starling\" src=\"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/Tazintosh\/inc\/taz_imagePlaceholder.php?width=1200&height=1200\" data-src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-7D-IMG_2075.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"taz_image _RF_item\" alt=\"Stourne luisant \/ Aplonis metallica - Metallic Starling\" src=\"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/Tazintosh\/inc\/taz_imagePlaceholder.php?width=1200&height=1200\" data-src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-7D-IMG_2076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"taz_image _RF_item\" alt=\"Stourne luisant \/ Aplonis metallica - Metallic Starling\" src=\"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/Tazintosh\/inc\/taz_imagePlaceholder.php?width=1200&height=1200\" data-src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-7D-IMG_2077.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"taz_image _RF_item\" alt=\"Stourne luisant \/ Aplonis metallica - Metallic Starling\" src=\"https:\/\/vpn.tazintosh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/Tazintosh\/inc\/taz_imagePlaceholder.php?width=1200&height=1200\" data-src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-7D-IMG_2078.jpg\"><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"taz_post-excerpt\">The Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica) also known as Shining Starling, is a bird in the starling family. 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