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 LC    Black-collared Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Gracupica nigricollis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black-collared Starling, Black-collared Myna, Black-necked Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
26 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Paykull, 1807)

Habitat
Grasslands, paddyfields, cultivated areas, towns.

Range (Guide)
Cambodia, China (mainland), Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam.

Myanmar (except western and south-west) and southern and south-eastern China (southern from Yunnan and northern Fujian) south to northern peninsular Thailand and southern Indochina. Introduced in Taiwan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Often in small groups, foraging on the ground.

Food
Insects, small invertebrates.

Voice
A complex series of loud, coarse notes, 'tee tchew tee tchew tchew'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (100)...)

 
Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis) [XC770539]
     by Greg Irving from Datong Village, Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan, China (call, song)

 
Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis) [XC631151]
     by Sunny Tseng from Tad Fane, Paksong KM38, Champasak, Laos (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus often merged with Sturnus.


References
See References.


Files:
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