Starlings (Sturnidae)
Purple-backed Starling (Agropsar sturninus) - HBW 14, p. 728
French: Étourneau de Daourie
German: Mongolenstar
Spanish: Estornino Dáurico
Other common names: Daurian Starling
Taxonomy: Gracula sturnina Pallas, 1776, southern Dauria between Onon and Argun rivers, south-east Russia.
Genus often subsumed into Sturnus; alternatively into Sturnia. May form a superspecies with A. philippensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds E Mongolia, SE Russia (SE Transbaikalia E to Ussuriland), NE & C China (NE Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang S to S Gansu and Shandong) and N Korea; non-breeding SE Asia and Greater Sundas.
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Two birds on a perch, one flying away and the other warbling twice. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 3.6 -
A bird on its nest box, singing. Locality Vostretsovo, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 June 2009 2 years ago 47 sec 3.3 -
Two birds feeding at a feeder. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 28 sec 3.3 -
A dorsal and frontal view of a bird perched. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 3.3 -
A distant view of a small group of birds perched in a tree. Locality Pulau Ubin, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 2.3
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Male bird on a branch.
Locality Plzen Zoo, Plzen, Plzen Region, Czech Republic (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 30 May 2010 1 year ago 3.7
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A bird singing on a nestbox close to people.
Locality Vostretsovo, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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