#metallic starling

[boiga]

A flock of metallic starlings (Aplonis metallica) at a nest site in Australia

by Dustin Huntington

[attic-bird]

Aplonis metallica

[bleu-delphinium]

spooky/goth birds for Halloween month besides crows and ravens

1. White-throated Piping-Guan

(Photo by Stephan Lorenz)

^Just look at her. The skull makeup is on point

2. Metallic Starling

(Photo by Terence Alexander)

Before giving ravens red eyes pls consider the humble metallic starling

3. Marabou Stork

(Photo by Holger Teichmann)

AKA the undertaker bird. He intimidates me

4. Stygian Owl

(Photo by Paul Jones)

Ok I’ll admit their eyes are only red in the dark BUT!! I like them :) also u cant see them here but they have these cute lil tufts on their heads and they look like mothman ok. Trust me

5. Vampire Finch

(Photo by Jaime Chames

Arguably the baddest bitch here for drinking blood but I just found out they like to drink from Boobies specifically lmaooooooo

6. Satanic Nightjar

(Photo by David Beadle)

Satanic Nightjar gets an honorable mention here purely bc of the name tbh. It’s also been called the diabolical nightjar and devilish nightjar. Idk why they’re so mean to him he’s just a little guy

7. Luzon Bleeding-heart

(Photo by Merlijn van Weerd)

Literally evolved to already have the fake blood on for the party they are wasting no time AND it looks impressively realistic!!! Who else is doing it like them

8. Noisy Friarbird

(Photo by Ed Pierce)

This is a more understated choice but I stand strong by it!! It’s like goth but in the opposite of the piping guan to me

9. Lesser Sooty Owl

(Photo by Isaac Clarey)

This thang is like the grim reaper to me 💕

10. Common Potoo

(Photo by Kevin Zaouali)

Sniling so sneetly :)

I’m on mobile so I cant add any more rn but there Will be a part 2

[robbietography]

A bunch of Metallic Starlings

[birds-and-friends]

Metallic Starlings - Birds of Australia, Mike Melton Wildlife Photography

[shithowdy]

[zr-art-world]

Ok, I was doing some googling for an oc and i was typing Metallic. However, I was researching birds and google auto corrected to metallic starling. I was curious and clicked on it and

WHY DO THEY LOOK LIKE THE JUDGING MY SINS?!?!?! THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WILL WISK MY SOUL TO ETERNAL DAMNATION!!!

FUCK RAVENS OF CROWS being associated with death or grim reaper or shit!!!! I would be 10 times more terrified if some skeletal figure (and depending on your version, maybe a dude rocking a pair of black wings) carrying a syth with THESE fuckers on their shoulder, I would go to the double after life.

Anyways, 10 out of 10 bird design.

[vulturecamera]

Metallic Starling

2017