Starlings (Sturnidae)
White-cheeked Starling (Poliopsar cineraceus) - HBW 14, p. 726
French: Étourneau gris
German: Weißwangenstar
Spanish: Estornino Gris
Other common names: Grey/Ashy(!) Starling
Taxonomy: Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, 1835, Japan.
Genus formerly merged with Sturnus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds SE Transbaikalia E to SE Russia (R Ussuri), S to C & E Mongolia, N China (E from E Qinghai and Sichuan), Korea, S Sakhalin I, Japan and S Kuril Is; non-breeding S China (including Hainan I and Hong Kong) and Taiwan.
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Three birds on a leafless tree, preening Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 31 December 1999 5 years ago 18 sec 4.8 -
Two birds perched on a tree, preening, and one of them rubbing its bill. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
A perched bird turning and looking around. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4 -
An adult on a wire with food in the beak. Locality Vostretsovo, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 June 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
An adult on a wire with food in the beak calling, then flying away. Locality Sidatun, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2009 2 years ago 38 sec 3.3 -
An adult carrying food to the nestbox and feeding the chicks. Locality Sidatun, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3.3
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One bird on the ground
Locality Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Rémi Bigonneau 25 December 2011 21 weeks ago 4 -
Standing on ground
Locality Beijing, China (Northern) (ssp Sturnus cineraceus)
Bob Thompson 20 May 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
adult
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 13 May 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
adult
Locality Heuksan-do Island, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea
AurélienAudevard 8 May 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Bird sat on a branch
Locality Lotherton Hall, Aberford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3 -
an adult
Locality Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Mitsuru Akimoto 19 February 2012 13 weeks ago 2.8
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An adult calling near its nest.
Locality Sidatun, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Calls of an adult carrying food to the nest and at the end the chicks being feed.
Locality Sidatun, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Harsh calls of a bird.
Locality Gaivoron, Khanka Lake, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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