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Photo by Chaiyan
Central Thailand, December 2002

Sturnus contra

Gracupica contra

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

India to south east Asia and Indonesia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Five subspecies are recognized:

• G. c. contra:

• Northern and central India

• G. c. sordidus:

• Northern Assam

• G. c. superciliaris:

• Manipur and Myanmar south to Tenasserim

• G. c. floweri:

• Southern Myanmar to Thailand and Laos

• G. c. jalla:

• Sumatra, Java and Bali

Some authorities place this species in genus Gracupica.

[edit] Habitat

Cultivated areas such as ricefields, open lowlands, especially well-watered cultivated areas, reservoirs and parks and gardens

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links