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 LC    Vinous-breasted Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Acridotheres burmannicus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Burmese Myna, Vinous-breasted Starling, Vinous-breasted Myna, Jerdon's Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
22 - 25.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jerdon, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and shrubland, rural gardens.

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

Vagrant to Malaysia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

 
Vinous-breasted Starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) [XC403585]
     by from Weiwoying Park, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan (call)

 
Vinous-breasted Starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) [XC403584]
     by Aladdin from Weiwoying Park, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan (flight call, song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Black-winged Myna (Acridotheres melanopterus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862)   -  Myanmar and southern China (extreme south-western Yunnan).
  • leucocephalus Salvadori & Giglioli, 1870   -  Thailand (except north-western and south), Cambodia, central and southern Laos and Vietnam (except north). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Vinous-breasted Myna (Acridotheres leucocephalus).



References
See References.


Files:
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