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 |  | Scientific name: Aplonis metallica
Size: 21 - 24cm
Status: Common
Diet: Fruit, occasionally insects and nectar.
Habitat: Tropical forests and rainforests of Nth Queensland and New Guinea.
Breeding: Two or three eggs are layed August to January.
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| | Metallic Starling
/Metallic+Starling/$File/Metallic+Starling.jpg) Australia's only native Starling, Metallic Starlings nest in dense colonies of more than a thousand birds. |