White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)

Other Names (World)
White-cheeked Starling, Grey Starling, Gray Starling, Ashy Starling(!)

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Habitat
Boreal forest, urban areas, pastureland, arable land.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.

Vagrant to Northern Mariana Islands, Thailand.

Breeds south-eastern Transbaikalia east to south-eastern Russia (R Ussuri), south to central and eastern Mongolia, northern China (east from eastern Qinghai and Sichuan), Korea, southern Sakhalin I, Japan and southern Kuril Is. Non-breeding southern China (including Hainan I and Hong Kong) and Taiwan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) [XC858065]
by Ray Tsu \u8bf8\u4ec1 from Kasai Rinkai Park, Japan (call)

White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) [XC490892]
by Stuart Fisher from Honshu (near Edogawa City), T\u014dky\u014d-to, Japan (begging call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) - 10 files

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