Starlings (Sturnidae)
Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum) - HBW 14, p. 732
French: Étourneau des pagodes
German: Pagodenstar
Spanish: Estornino de las Pagodas
Other common names: Black-headed/Brahminy/Pagoda Myna
Taxonomy: Turdus pagodarum J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Malabar and Coromandel, southern India.
Genus often subsumed into Sturnus. Has occasionally been separated in a monospecific genus Temenuchus. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Afghanistan E in foothills to W Nepal and West Bengal, S to E Pakistan and throughout peninsular India; non-breeding Sri Lanka.
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Two birds in a tree, one feeding Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 6 years ago 58 sec 4.8 -
A bird preening and flying away. Locality Lingambudhi Lake, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A bird entering in the nest with food in the bill Locality Kharad Forest, Shamli, Prabudh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Umar Saif 3 March 2007 5 years ago 8 sec 4.4 -
Two adults perched on a branch preening itselfs Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 7 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
An individual perched in a bush, singing. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird eating insects on the ground. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 3.8
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Bird basking in sun, sitting on barbed wire fence
Locality Bhilai, Durg District, Chhatisgarh, India
anurag3069 12 January 2012 1 year ago 4.5 -
Sturnia pagodarum eating Tenebrio molitor in the tropical house of Münster Zoo
Locality Münster Zoo, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Guido Bohn 30 April 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird standing on the ground.
Locality Sawai Madhopur, Sawai Madhopur District, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 28 June 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
On the eucaliptus tree
Locality Pakistan
Zotyesz 18 April 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 24 April 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka
John A Thompson 25 March 2012 1 year ago 4.2
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Singing adult Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 9 February 2006 3 years ago 4.5 -
Variety of calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 3 years ago 4
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