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Metallic Starling - Aplonis metallica - Violette Purperspreeuw
Moluccas to Northeast-Australia.
The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Aplonis metallica metallica - Moluccas, New Guinea, Northeast-Australia and most nearby islands;
Aplonis metallica nitida - Bismarck Archipelago (except northwest) and Solomon Islands;
Aplonis metallica purpureiceps - Admiralty Island (Northwest-Bismarck Archipelago);
Aplonis metallica inornata - Numfor and Biak Islands (off Northwest-New Guinea).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.