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Asian Pied Starling

Gracupica contra

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

This attractively coloured myna bird is quite common but I loved this community bathing...as if in a hammam. Skin around the eyes is orange-reddish

Habitat:

Land alongside a highway; there was a water channel here.

Notes:

Good news from South India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/rare-sight-pied-myna-m…

Reference Links:

Pied myna - Wikipedia, Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) complete detail

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