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14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Superb Starling jumping off a stone

Superb Starlings are among the most beautiful and distinctive birds of East Africa. I had the luck to capture this colorful example in this atypical "pose" in which its innate elegance combines with the oddity of the situation.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2016
Date Uploaded: 10.2016
Photo Location: Tanzania
Camera: Canon EOS 1200D
Copyright: © Alessio Bisetto