Starlings (Sturnidae)
Red-billed Starling (Poliopsar sericeus) - HBW 14, p. 725
French: Étourneau soyeux
German: Seidenstar
Spanish: Estornino Piquirrojo
Other common names: Silky Starling
Taxonomy: Sturnus sericeus J. F. Gmelin, 1789, China.
Genus formerly merged with Sturnus. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE China from S Sichuan E, S of R Yangtze, to Shanghai, S to Hainan I and Guangdong.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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standing on pole line Locality Wuyuan County, Jiangxi, China (Southern)
Vicky Cheng 8 May 2011 5 weeks ago 1 min 14 sec 4.6 -
Several perched birds, sunning Locality Beijing Zoo, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2002 5 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A perched bird, preening its breast and wing Locality Beijing Zoo, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2002 5 years ago 31 sec 3.4
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Perching on a cotton flower
Locality Shouson Hill, Hong Kong
Terence S K LAI 4 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Sitting on tree
Locality Long Valley, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 15 November 2008 2 years ago 4 -
adult
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 13 May 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A perched bird.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 30 September 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
adult
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 13 May 2009 2 years ago 3 -
adult
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 13 May 2009 2 years ago 2.7
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Calls of flock in park Locality Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (Southern)
Desmond Allen 3 January 1996 2 years ago 3
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