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Photo by Peter Ericsson
Photo taken: Nakorn Nayok, Thailand

Sturnus nigricollis

Gracupica nigricollis

[edit] Identification

28 cm. White head, yellow skin around eyes, black bill, black collar, white underparts and rump, yellow legs. Juvenile lacks black collar.

[edit] Distribution

China and south east Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by anonymous_guy
Juvenile, Lamma Island, Hong Kong, August 2007

This is a monotypic species. Some authorities place this species in the genus Gracupica.

[edit] Habitat

Woods, grasslands and fields and large urban parks

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes earthworms, fly eggs, beetles and berries.

[edit] Breeding

They breed from April to June each year; large nests are built on top of trees.

1. Gov.HK

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