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[[Image:Vinous-breasted StarlingMax.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|max1|max1}}<br>Kalaw, Myanmar, 6 February 2015]]
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[[Image:Vinous-breasted_Starling.jpg|thumb|550px|right|ssp ''leucocephalus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br>Nakorn Nayok Military Academy, [[Thailand]], June 2009]]
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'''Alternative names: Vinous-breasted Myna; Jerdon's Starling'''
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;[[:Category:Acridotheres|Acridotheres]] burmannicus
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;[[Category:Acridotheres]] [[:Category:Acridotheres|Acridotheres]] leucocephalus
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''Sturnus burmannicus''
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''Sturnus leucocephalus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
22cm (8¾ in). A small Starling with pale plumage.
 
22cm (8¾ in). A small Starling with pale plumage.
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* Orange-yellow legs
 
* Orange-yellow legs
 
Sexes similar. Juveniles are duller, have a brown crown and a brown eye.
 
Sexes similar. Juveniles are duller, have a brown crown and a brown eye.
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====Variations====
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[[Image:Vinous-breasted_Starling.jpg|thumb|350px|right|ssp ''leucocephalus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br>Nakorn Nayok Military Academy, [[Thailand]], June 2009]]
 
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''Leucocephalus'' is generally darker and has a pale neck collar.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Found from [[Burma]] southeast to extrem southwest Yunnan ([[China]]), [[Thailand]] (except northwest and south), [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]] (except north).<br />
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Found from [[Thailand]] (except northwest and south), [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]] (except north).<br />
 
Records in peninsular [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]] may refer to vagrants or escapees.<br />
 
Records in peninsular [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]] may refer to vagrants or escapees.<br />
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Rare exotic in [[Taiwan]] but not established there.<br />
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Fairly common in its range.
 
Fairly common in its range.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Often placed in genus [[:Category:Sturnus|Sturnus]].<br />
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Often placed in genus [[:Category:Sturnus|Sturnus]].
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May form a [[Dictionary_P-S#S|superspecies]] with [[Black-winged Starling]].
 
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
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Two subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species[[#References|[1]]].
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* ''A. b. burmannicus'' in [[Burma]] and South [[China]] (extreme southwest Yunnan)
 
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* ''A. b. leucocephalus'' in [[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]] and [[Vietnam]]
 
  
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This species and [[Burmese Myna]] were formerly together as one species, Vinous-breasted Starling.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Open grassland, gardens, cultivated areas, scrub, semi-desert and large clearings in forests. Occurs up to 1500m.
 
Open grassland, gardens, cultivated areas, scrub, semi-desert and large clearings in forests. Occurs up to 1500m.
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Local movements recorded.
 
Local movements recorded.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Acridotheres+burmannicus}}
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{{GSearch|"Acridotheres leucocephalus" {{!}} "Vinous-breasted Myna"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Acridotheres]]
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 9 October 2023

ssp leucocephalus
Photo © by Peter Ericsson
Nakorn Nayok Military Academy, Thailand, June 2009
Acridotheres leucocephalus

Sturnus leucocephalus

Identification

22cm (8¾ in). A small Starling with pale plumage.

  • Dull white forehead and crown
  • Greyish-brown upperparts
  • Brown wings with white wing-patch
  • Brown tail with white tips
  • White chin, throat and upper breast
  • Vinous rest of underparts
  • White underwing-coverts
  • Whitish eye with dark bare skin forming black patch
  • Orange-red bill whit blackish base of lower mandible
  • Orange-yellow legs

Sexes similar. Juveniles are duller, have a brown crown and a brown eye.

Distribution

Found from Thailand (except northwest and south), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (except north).
Records in peninsular Malaysia and Singapore may refer to vagrants or escapees.

Fairly common in its range.

Taxonomy

Often placed in genus Sturnus.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species and Burmese Myna were formerly together as one species, Vinous-breasted Starling.

Habitat

Open grassland, gardens, cultivated areas, scrub, semi-desert and large clearings in forests. Occurs up to 1500m.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on fruit and insects. Forages in pairs or small flocks mainly on the ground. Forms large and noisy communal roosts in bamboo, reeds or sugar cane.

Breeding

Breeding season from April to November. The nest is placed in a tree hole, under house eaves or in a thatched roof.

Movements

Local movements recorded.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. 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

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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