Sturnia malabarica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Chestnut-tailed Starling
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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Sturnia
Species: malabarica
  • Common names: Chestnut-tailed Starling, Grey-headed Myna
  • Thai names: นกกิ้งโครงแกลบหัวเทา
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Sturnia malabarica malabarica: N, c, ne India, Nepal; winters to s, w India
    Sturnia malabarica nemoricola: NE India (s Assam), s China (Yunnan), Myanmar, nw and w Thailand, Laos, Vietnam; to Cambodia in winter
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Hang Dong)
  • Additional notes: 
Sturnia malabarica image location map.jpg
Image locations
Images of Sturnia malabarica from Thailand.
Sturnia malabarica Chestnut-tailed Starling Hang Dong Chiang Mai Jan 2014.jpg
Sturnia malabarica, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Jan 2014
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 27 September 2020.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Sturnia malabarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22710858A94263973. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710858A94263973.en. Downloaded on 27 September 2020.
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​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.