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Have you ever been for a walk in the forest and been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a smokey dark grey bird with pale yellow eyes? If you have, you may have been looking at the shy and hard to find ‘Ī’oi or Rarotonga starling. Although it shares the name starling with over a hundred other bird species, the ‘Ī’oi and other Pacific starlings are quite different from starlings in other parts of the world.
Original Article: Te Ipukarea Society: The mysteries of the Pacific Starlings
