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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 .

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Jul 13, 2016. Captured Jun 19, 2013 04:03.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/395s
  • ISO640
  • 300mm