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Malabar White-headed Starling

Sturnia blythii

Photo by Vishal
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Field Notes

Notes:

Very difficult to spot these birds as they seem to nest in relatively higher branches of the trees.

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Malabar Starling

Species ID Suggestions

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Sturnia malabarica

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Malabar Starling

Sturnia blythii

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Comments (1)
Vishal
@Satyen Thanks for the pointer. The wiki page pointed at a subspecies which i think is currently considered as a separate species - Malabar Starling. That seems to be a more appropriate ID. Please check link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_Starling

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