Starlings (Sturnidae)
Rose-coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) - HBW 14, p. 727
French: Étourneau roselin
German: Rosenstar
Spanish: Estornino Rosado
Other common names: Rosy Pastor, Rosy Starling
Taxonomy: Turdus roseus Linnaeus, 1758, Lapland and Switzerland.
Genus often subsumed into Sturnus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds regularly from S Ukraine E to lower Volga steppes, C & E Kazakhstan, W Altai and W Mongolia, S to E Turkey, S Iran, Afghanistan and NW China (W & N Xinjiang); occasionally SE Europe W to Czech Republic, Hungary and Italy, and possibly now breeding annually in Bulgaria, also occasionally farther E in Russia (to upper R Yenisey). Non-breeding mainly India and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A large group amongst the rocks Locality Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 31 May 1999 9 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
An adult male singing on an electric wire. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 4.4 -
Breeding male carrying nest material. Locality Aktogay, East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 24 May 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched in a tree, ejecting pellets and looking around. Locality Raniwara, Jalor (Jalore) District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 February 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4.3 -
Various adults in groups and individually at their breeding colony Locality Sorbulak Lake, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 19 May 2008 1 year ago 41 sec 4.3 -
Males displaying and singing at a breeding colony Locality Sorbulak Lake, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 19 May 2008 1 year ago 40 sec 4.2
-
Flock of adult Rose-coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) perched on the wires of electricity line - photo by Altay Zhatkanbayev
Locality South Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
Altay Zhatkanbayev 6 May 2009 27 weeks ago 4.7 -
Making a lot of noise
Locality Al Ruwais, Al Shamal, Qatar
John A Thompson 14 August 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird feeding on a silk cotton tree
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 4 January 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
Juvenile
Locality Bussum, Netherlands
Paul Cools 11 November 2012 25 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird carrying material for the nest.
Locality Mount Ararat, Agri Province, Turkey (Monotypic species)
Hanne and Jens Eriksen 39 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult male.
Locality Neeltje Jans, Oosterschelde National Park, Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 4 August 2008 4 years ago 4.2
-
An adult male singing. Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calling from Acacia tree Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of male Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 2007 3 years ago 4
Email this page