Just for Larry .... How many Starlings / Mynas (1 Viewer)

[chris butterworth]

Like corvids, Starlings tend to get a bad press - even though it usually only involves Common Starling and Common Myna. Heres my list of one of the best families around with a wonderful mix of the common and the uber-mega-rare, the mundane and the stunning.

Sulawesi Myna - Sulawesi
Long-crested Myna - Ceram
White-necked Myna - Sulawesi
Golden-crested Myna - Thailand
Common Hill Myna - Nthn. India, SE Asia, Sumatra
Fiery-browed Myna - Sulawesi
Grosbeak Myna - Sulawesi
Metallic Starling - halmahera, Buru, Ceram, Australia
Micronesian Starling - Tinian > Kosrae
Asian Glossy Starling - SE Asia, Gtr. Sundas, Sulawesi
Short-tailed Starling - Sulawesi
Polynesian Starling - Fiji, Tonga, W. Samoa
Samoan Starling - W. Samoa
Common Starling - Palearctic
Spotless Starling - Spain, Corsica, Morocco
Wattled Starling - Sub-saharan Africa
Rosy Starling - UK, Hungary, Turkey, Nthn India
Black-crowned Starling - SE Asia
Pied Starling - Nthn. India > Bali
Daurian Starling - Japan > Thailand
Chestnut-cheeked Starling - Japan, Borneo
Bali Myna - Bali ( in the late 1970's so they were 'real' ones )
White-shouldered Starling - SE Asia
Brahminy Starling - Nthn. India
Chestnut-tailed Starling - SE Asia
White-cheeked Starling - Tuva, Japan
Bank Myna - Nthn. India
Common Myna - Nepal > SE Asia
Black-winged Myna - Java, Bali
Vinous-breasted Starling - Thailand, Vietnam
Great Myna - Vietnam
Crested Myna - Taiwan, Thailand
Jungle Myna - Nthn. India
White-vented Myna - Java
Pale-bellied Myna - Sulawesi
Violet-backed Starling - Sub-saharan Africa
Slender-billed Starling - E Africa
Red-winged Starling - E Africa
Chestnut-winged Starling - Gabon
Waller's Starling - Uganda, Kenya
Tristram's Starling - Israel
White-bellied Starling - Ethiopia
Bristle-crowned Starling - Ethiopia, Kenya
Somali Starling - Ethiopia
Black-bellied Starling - Kenya, Tanzania
Purple-headed Starling - gabon, Uganda
White-collared Starling - Gabon
Magpie Starling - Kenya
Narrow-tailed Starling - Gabon
Stuhlmann's Starling - Uganda
Kendrick's Starling - Kenya, Tanzania
Hildebrandt's Starling - Kenya, Tanzania
Shelley's Starling - Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruepell's Starling - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda
Long-tailed Starling - Senegambia
Ashy Starling - Tanzania
Less. Blue-eared Starling - Senegambia, Uganda
Miombo Blue-eatred Starling - Tanzania
Gtr. Blue-eared Starling - Sub-saharan Africa
Purple Starling - Senegambia, Uganda
Bronze-tailed Starling - Senegambia, Uganda
Splendid Starling - Senegambia, Gabon, Uganda
Golden-breasted Starling - Ethiopia, Kenya
Superb Starling - E Africa
Chestnut-bellied Starling - Senegambia
Fischer's Starling - Kenya
White-crowned Starling - Ethiopia

Chris :t: :t: :t:

 

[birdermoose]

I have a few
Common Hill Myna
Spotless Starling
Common Starling

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

28. More than I expected:

Asian Glossy Starling
Common Hill Myna
White-vented Myna
Crested Myna
Jungle Myna
Common Myna
Black-collared Starling
Asian Pied Starling
Rosy Starling
Red-billed Starling
Common Starling
Spotless Starling
White-cheeked Starling
Wattled Starling
Cape Glossy-Starling
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
Rueppell's Glossy-Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Black-bellied Glossy-Starling
Superb Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Fischer's Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller's Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Stuhlmann's Starling
Magpie Starling

 

[viator]

32 for me

Metallic Starling
Asian Glossy Starling
Spot-winged Starling
Golden-crested Myna
Common Hill Myna
Southern Hill Myna
Great Myna
Crested Myna
Javan Myna
Pale-bellied Myna
Jungle Myna
Collared Myna
Bank Myna
Common Myna
Vinous-breasted Starling
Red-billed Starling
White-cheeked Starling
Black-necked Starling
Asian Pied Starling
Purple-backed Starling
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
White-shouldered Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Brahminy Starling
Rosy Starling
Common Starling
Spotless Starling
Cape Glossy Starling
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Burchell's Glossy Starling
African Pied Starling
Red-winged Starling

 

[roomtobreathe]

I have a starling question. They are new birds to me, but I saw many in the spring. I'm assuming the common starling, sitting on tree branches making circling motions with their wings. What does that mean? It was silly, yet fun to watch.

Thanks!

 

[Larry Lade]

In young birds it is a common begging characteristic of quite a few of the species here in North America. They are trying to get their parents attention so that the adult birds will feed them.

 

[ovenbird43]

Just 3, all introduced. Soon to change with a few trips to the Old World this year!

Common Starling
Common Myna
Hill Myna

 

[Chlidonias]

I've got 17, some of which are introduced birds, and I've never (yet) been to Africa:

White-necked mynah Streptocitta albicollis (Sulawesi)
Hill mynah Gracula religiosa (Sarawak; Sabah; Java; Sumatra; Flores)
Fiery-browed starling Enodes erythrophris (Sulawesi)
Finch-billed starling Scissirostrum dubium (Sulawesi)
Striated starling Aplonis striata (New Caledonia)
Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis (Singapore; Peninsula Malaysia; Sarawak; Sabah; Brunei; Java; Sulawesi)
Short-tailed (Lesser glossy) starling Aplonis minor (Sumba)
Polynesian starling Aplonis tabuensis (Fiji)
Common starling Sturnus vulgaris (Germany; England; Australia; NZ)
Black-collared starling Sturnus (Gracupica) nigricollis (Thailand)
Asian pied starling Sturnus (Gracupica) contra (Thailand)
Black-winged starling Sturnus (Acridotheres) melanopterus (Singapore)
White-vented mynah Acridotheres grandis (Thailand; Cambodia)
Crested mynah Acridotheres cristatellus (Singapore; Peninsula Malaysia; Sarawak; Sabah)
Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus (Singapore; Peninsula Malaysia; Sumatra)
Jungle mynah Acridotheres fuscus (Fiji)
Common mynah Acridotheres tristis (Australia; NZ; Fiji; New Caledonia; Singapore; Thailand; Peninsula Malaysia; Sarawak; Cambodia)