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| - | {{stub}} | + | [[Image:BF- Silky Starling.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female (left) and male (right)<br />Photo by {{user|DaninJapan|DaninJapan}}<br />Tomigusuku, Okinawa, [[Japan]], February 2007]] |
| - | ;Sturnus sericeus | + | '''Alternative name: Silky Starling''' |
| - | [[Image:Red-billed_Starling.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by anonymous guy]] | + | ;[[:Category:Sturnus|Sturnus]] sericeus |
| | + | ''Poliopsar sericeus; Spodiopsar sericeus'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Photographed: Lamma Island, Hong Kong | + | 22cm. A medium-sized starling. |
| | + | * Mainly grey body |
| | + | * Black tail and black wings with white primary coverts and bases |
| | + | * Male with whitish head, clearly contrasting with body. Female with whitish throat and brownish tinge. |
| | + | * Red bill with dark tip |
| | + | * Orange legs |
| | + | Juveniles have a orange-yellow bill. |
| | + | [[Image:Red billed starling nw 1570936.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], September 2009]] |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Found in southeast [[China]], including [[Hong Kong]] and Hainan. Winter visitor in northern [[Vietnam]].<br /> |
| | + | Has been recorded as vagrant or rare visitor in [[South Korea]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Japan]].<br /> |
| | + | Fairly common and probably increasing in its range.<br /> |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | It's sometimes placed in the genus [[:Category:Poliopsar|Poliopsar]]. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Open areas with trees, cultivated, gardens and scrub. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds on insects and fruit.<br /> |
| | + | In large flocks outside breeding season.<br /> |
| | + | The nest is placed in a tree hole, in a roof or a wall of a house.<br /> |
| | + | Resident or partial migrant. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#{{Ref-HBWVol14}} |
| | + | {{Ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Sturnus+sericeus}} | | {{GSearch|Sturnus+sericeus}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sturnus]] [[Category:Poliopsar]] |
Current revision
Female (left) and male (right)
Photo by
DaninJapanTomigusuku, Okinawa,
Japan, February 2007
Alternative name: Silky Starling
- Sturnus sericeus
Poliopsar sericeus; Spodiopsar sericeus
[edit] Identification
22cm. A medium-sized starling.
- Mainly grey body
- Black tail and black wings with white primary coverts and bases
- Male with whitish head, clearly contrasting with body. Female with whitish throat and brownish tinge.
- Red bill with dark tip
- Orange legs
Juveniles have a orange-yellow bill.
[edit] Distribution
Found in southeast China, including Hong Kong and Hainan. Winter visitor in northern Vietnam.
Has been recorded as vagrant or rare visitor in South Korea, the Philippines and Japan.
Fairly common and probably increasing in its range.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It's sometimes placed in the genus Poliopsar.
[edit] Habitat
Open areas with trees, cultivated, gardens and scrub.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on insects and fruit.
In large flocks outside breeding season.
The nest is placed in a tree hole, in a roof or a wall of a house.
Resident or partial migrant.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
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