White-headed Starling (Sturnia erythropygia)

Other Names (World)
White-headed Starling, White-headed Myna, Andaman White-headed Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and forest, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, plantations.

Range (Guide)

India (B).

Unknown to Myanmar (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

White-headed Starling (Sturnia erythropygia) [XC369562]
by Ding Li Yong from Road to Chidya Tapu, South Andaman County, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India (call)

White-headed Starling (Sturnia erythropygia) [XC369561]
by Peter Boesman from Kalatang, South Andaman County, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

andamanensis (Beavan, 1867) - Andaman Is.
erythropygia (Blyth, 1846) - Car Nicobar, in northern Nicobar Is.
katchalensis Richmond, 1902 - Katchall I, in central Nicobar Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-headed Starling (Sturnia erythropygia) - 10 files

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