Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) female.jpg

File:Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) female.jpg, featured

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Sturnidae (Starlings)
•  Info created and uploaded by Charlesjsharp - nominated by Zzzs -- Zzzs (talk) 22:40, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Zzzs (talk) 22:40, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 00:44, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --نعيم قربوسي (talk) 09:51, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Thank you for the nomination. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:49, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 12:12, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Berthold Werner (talk) 14:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose The striking male violet-backed starling is already an FP. I don't think the plain female merits FP. --Tagooty (talk) 06:07, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Tagooty Why wouldn't it? It would be fair if the other gender is a FP, like many others. Zzzs (talk) 08:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

  An FP is an extraordinary image with wow-factor. This image does not have an unusual pose/activity/colouration/etc that catches my attention. It merits QI and VI. --Tagooty (talk) 08:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

  You might have to oppose many bird more bird FPs, Tagooty, if you don't like little brown birds and females. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Charlesjsharp: An FP is one "of the finest on Commons". The violet-backed starling is common throughout Africa. Your FP of the strikingly-coloured male has set a high bar. An unexceptional image of a drab female does not cross the bar IMO. I would support an unusual image of a plain brown bird, or an image of a rare brown bird. --Tagooty (talk) 02:57, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

  Fair enough, I agree the setting is not exceptional. Perhaps the FP bar should be raised; as long as there is consensus. We are promoting dozens of unexeptional small brown birds standing on brown earth or sand these days. Thinking about consistency, what do you think about the recent nominations of the white butterfly and brown locust? Neither are rare species. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:06, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

  I feel that the FP bars for many subjects are getting lower over the past 2-3 years. I wonder how many reviewers compare with FPs in the gallery before voting? Perhaps, its just that I'm getting older and more critical! Tagooty (talk) 03:25, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 12:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 12:50, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 21:14, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 16:53, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 06:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Sturnidae (Starlings)