🦋 Family

Sturnidae

59 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Sturnidae

Gracupica contra jalla (Horsfield, 1821)

Gracupica contra jalla is a black-and-white marked myna with an expanding range across South Asia and the UAE.

Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin, 1788)

The white-shouldered starling has blue eyes, a grey bill, and distinctive plumage.

Sturnia malabarica (Gmelin, 1789)

Sturnia malabarica is a ~20 cm bird whose plumage varies by subspecies, with similar-looking sexes and distinct juveniles.

Sturnia blythii (Jerdon, 1845)

The Malabar starling (Sturnia blythii) is a starling species found in southwestern India, formerly a chestnut-tailed starling subspecies.

Sturnia pagodarum (Gmelin, 1789)

Sturnia pagodarum, the brahminy starling, is an omnivorous passerine myna native to South Asia.

Pastor roseus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pastor roseus, the rosy starling, is a distinctive migratory starling that preys on locusts and grasshoppers across Eurasia.

Notopholia corrusca (Nordmann, 1835)

Notopholia corrusca, the black-bellied starling, is a Sturnidae species native to parts of southern and eastern Africa, with mood-shifting iris color.

Spodiopsar sericeus (Gmelin, 1789)

Red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus) is a Sturnidae starling found in south and southeastern China.

Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835)

This is a description of the physical traits, distribution, ecology, and breeding behavior of the white-cheeked starling.

Agropsar philippensis (J.R.Forster, 1781)

The chestnut-cheeked starling is a Sturnidae species that breeds in Northeast Asia and winters in East and Southeast Asia.

Agropsar sturninus (Pallas, 1776)

Agropsar sturninus, the Daurian starling, lives in boreal and temperate forests and has distinct identifying features.

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