Rosy Starling Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Sturnus vulgaris
Family : Sturnidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Rosy Starling is a distinctive black and pale pink small-medium sized passerine (length 23 cm, weight 64 g, wing 13 cm, bill 2.4 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 7 cm). It has a glistening black head with a long shaggy crest hanging over its nape, neck, upper breast, wings and tail. It has a pale pinkish back, mantle, rump and underpart. The male and the female look alike. Both sexes have brown irises, pinkish-yellow bill with a blackish base, and horn-brown legs, feet and claws. In non-breeding adults the pink is a duller buffish-pink. The juvenile lacks a crest and is entirely sandy-brown, with darker brown wings and tail, a paler rump and underpart. It shows diffuse streaking on the breast, pale fringes to the wing feathers, and a yellowish bill. It feeds on fruits, berries, nectar, cereal grains and insects. It breeds in the steppes of Central Asia and the Middle east in May-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gracula religiosa
(Asian Glossy Starling) -
Sturnia malabarica
(Common Myna) -
Agropsar philippensis
(Asian Pied Starling) -
Gracupica contra
(Brahminy Starling) -
Pastor roseus
(Purple-backed Starling) -
Acridotheres grandis
(Spot‑winged Starling) -
Acridotheres tristis
(Common Myna) -
Acridotheres ginginianus
(Jungle Myna) -
Agropsar sturninus
(Chestnut-cheeked Starling) -
Aplonis panayensis
(Plain-backed Thrush complex (Possibly Alpine))
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Simon Elliott(www.xeno-canto.org/Simon Elliott), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Simon Elliott(www.xeno-canto.org/Simon Elliott), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.