Purple-backed Starling

The Purple-backed Starling , also known as the Daurian Starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

The Purple-backed Starling is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Purple-backed Starlings “…the males of the White-shouldered Starlings have the whole shoulder as one large white patch while females have grey shoulder with the white line at the bottom of the shoulder patch. Females also have grey rumps while these show white rumps. More

“A very large flock of Purple-backed Starlings was seen at Lorong Halus about 6pm on 10th October. I counted more than 600 birds in one of the photos taken. As the photo covers only about 2/3 of the flock, I estimated that there were at least 900 birds! It was quite spectacular seeing them in flight and changing direction in unity. “…there were many smaller flocks of Purple-backed Starling which arrived in waves. More

The Purple-backed Starling (Sturnus sturninus) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple-backed_Starling The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. More

The Purple-backed Starling has a pale grey head, nape and underparts, a purplish black patch on the hind crown, a purplish-black mantle and glossy greenish-black wings. It has a very short blackish tail and two whitish wing bars. Iris brown. Legs and toes horny, tinged with green. Sexes alike, female slightly dull colored. Call: Typical harsh starling whistling and whickering notes. Food: It feeds on fruits, berries, nectar and insects. More

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