Starling/Myna ID Bangladesh (1 Viewer)

Seth Miller

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• Jan 24, 2019

• #1

I got the pictures of this bird in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 2018, and I think it is in the starling family probably a juvenile. I checked all the common starling/myna juveniles and none of them really looked like this. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I'm not sure what this is. Sorry for the terrible quality pictures, it was quite a ways away. I would appreciate any help.

 

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Nutcracker

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• Jan 24, 2019

• #2

Asian Pied Starling Gracupica contra at a guess?

 

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andyb39

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• Jan 24, 2019

• #3

Juvenile Brahminy looks more like it but still not quite right.

 

Seth Miller

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• Jan 25, 2019

• #4

The colors don't look quite like a normal juvenile Asian Pied Starling, though it could have some color mutations. I agree that a Juvenile Brahminy Starling looks a bit closer to right but still not quite right.

 

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arcadillor

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• Jan 25, 2019

• #5

brahminy starling

 

Seth Miller

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #6

Talked with Sayam Chowdhury and he said that this is a partially leucistic Jungle Myna.

 

RafaelMatias

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #7

Seth Miller said:

Talked with Sayam Chowdhury and he said that this is a partially leucistic Jungle Myna.

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Surely a leucistic bird wouldn't have lost the white wing patch (PP coverts and PP bases) and white "corners" of the tail?
Structurally it looks to me like one (or a hybrid of) of the starlings, not a myna.

 

Seth Miller

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• Feb 20, 2019

• #8

RafaelMatias said:

Surely a leucistic bird wouldn't have lost the white wing patch (PP coverts and PP bases) and white "corners" of the tail?
Structurally it looks to me like one (or a hybrid of) of the starlings, not a myna.

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I had wondered about that, but since Chowdhury is the top birder in BD I assumed he would be right. My pictures are pretty bad, so maybe that's part of the problem. As a beginning birder this bird had/has me confused.