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Chestnut-Tailed Starling

දුඹුරු වලිගැති සැළලිහිණියා சாம்பல் தலை மைனா

Sturnia malabarica

Least concern

Chestnut-Tailed Starling
Md shahanshah bappy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The chestnut-tailed starling, also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna is a member of the starling family. 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. While the chestnut-tailed starling is a winter visitor to peninsular India, the closely related resident breeding population with a white head is now treated as a full species, the Malabar starling.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Chestnut-tailed starling — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): சாம்பல் தலை மைனா — CC BY-SA 4.0