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Alternative name: Daurian Starling

Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
Location: Tmn Panadamaran-jaya, Port Klang, Malaysia.

Sturnus sturninus

Sturnia sturnina

[edit] Identification

19 cm. This bird has a purple back, two pale wingbars; the head and breast are pale grey, the belly is white. It ias a white-buff square patch on its rump. The tail and bill are black.

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Russia, northern China and Korea; Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Yemen.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species which is sometimes placed in the genus Sturnia which result in the scientific name Sturnia sturnina.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal scrub, open country,reedbeds,wooded suburbans parks and forest edges.

[edit] Behaviour

This bird feeds in tree-tops in small parties or large parties up to 100 or more. They roost communally in large numbers.

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