Chestnut Tailed Starling

Place: TC Halli, Varthur, Bangalore

comments (7)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very clear shot and a wonderful species intro! Am I seeing this correctly, does its beak have a rainbow pattern? Posted 10 years ago
1. Ganesh Seshachar
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, it does have the rainbow pattern beak
  Checkout this image: http://goo.gl/MW1ihv
  Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you, what a beautiful detail. Posted 10 years ago
3. abhitap
  
  Lion
  
  its very similar to this 'Malabar starling' http://www.jungledragon.com/image/23159
  
  malabar starling (blythii) is very recently considered a new species.. Earlier both the birds were named as 'Chestnut tailed starlings'
  Blythii i.e. malabar starling shows white head & breast while chestnut tailed shows 'grey'
  
  and both the mynas possess blue colour at the base of their beaks..
  
  Hope this helps :-) Posted 10 years ago

JohnR

Lion

Nice shot! :) Posted 10 years ago
1. Ganesh Seshachar
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks John! Posted 10 years ago

Ganesh Seshachar

Lion

https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/11146379_10200449396313667_2717296178540343374_o.jpg Posted 10 years ago

The Chestnut-tailed starling

The chestnut-tailed starling or grey-headed myna is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region. This resident population has a white head and is often treated as a full species, the Malabar starling .

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Ganesh Seshachar