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A Golden-Breasted Starling, also know as a Royal Starling. These birds inhabit the grassland, savannah, the thicket of acacias, dry-thorn forests and scrubland...
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A Golden-Breasted Starling, also know as a Royal Starling. These birds inhabit the grassland, savannah, the thicket of acacias, dry-thorn forests and scrubland. They range from NE Africa, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
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NIKON D5600

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 1800 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 300/1

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A Royal Starling also known as a Golden-Breasted Starling.

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