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.
- Least Concern
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A bird preening and flying away. Lingambudhi Lake, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 15 weeks ago 23 sec 4.3 -
Two birds in a tree, one feeding Mudumalai National Park, India (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 3 years ago 58 sec 4.3 -
Two adults perched on a branch preening itselfs Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 5 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A bird entering in the nest with food in the bill Kharad Forest, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Umar Saif 3 March 2007 2 years ago 8 sec 4.1 -
An adult walking and feeding on the ground Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2001 8 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A front view of a bird perched. Mudumalai National Park, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 18 weeks ago 22 sec 3.8
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A bird perched Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 24 April 2010 18 weeks ago 4.3 -
On the eucaliptus tree Pakistan
Zotyesz 18 April 2009 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird standing on the ground. Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 28 June 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
A dorsal view of a perched bird. Lingambudhi Lake, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 15 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 22 January 2010 31 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perching Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 February 2008 1 year ago 3.8
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Singing adult Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 9 February 2006 37 weeks ago 4.5 -
Variety of calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 34 weeks ago 4
