I swear that I’ve seen a mated pair that look incredibly similar to the violet backed starling in my backyard all last summer, but I know it couldn’t have been this kind of bird since it lives somewhere in Africa, but boy were they pretty!
They might have been the same birds. One year I had a pair of red cheeked courdon bleu finches that haunted my bird feeder for the whole spring and summer. They were obviously escapees since they are native to Hawaii