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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Finch-billed Myna* |
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Scissirostrum dubium |
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Description (10)
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Finch-billed Myna
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Other Names (World)
Grosbeak Starling, Finch-billed Myna, Celebes Myna, Latham's Myna, Woodpecker Starling, Scissor-billed Starling
Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)
Size
21 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1802)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.
Indonesia (B).
Sulawesi and nearby islands of Bangka, Lembeh, Togian Is, Buton, and Banggai Is (Peleng, Banggai).
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Fruit, grain, insects.
Voice
Vocal. A 'churip' uttered frquently in flight. Nasal chatter.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)
Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium) [XC151982]
by Mike Nelson from , Indonesia (call)
Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium) [XC151835]
by Mike Nelson from , Indonesia (flight call)
Nest
In a hollow bored in a rotting or dying trunk of a tree. In colonies, often of many hundreds.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Birds from Peleng described as subspecies pelingense, but considered inseparable from those eslewhere in species' range.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Finch-billed Myna see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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