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The chestnut-tailed starling or grey-headed myna (Sturnia malabarica[2][3]) is a member of the starling family. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region. While the chestnut-tailed starling is a winter visitor to peninsular India, the closely related resident breeding population with a white head is now treated as a full species, the Malabar starling (Sturnia blythii).
Scientific Name : Sturnia Malabarica
Family : Sturnidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Starlings
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 20 cm
Compare Size : Mayna
Wingspan : NA
Weight : 32 - 44 g
Migratory : Resident Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : March - June
Other Names :
English : Grey-Headed Myna
Marathi : करड्या डोक्याची मैना
Habitat:
Open woodland and Cultivation
Breeding:
3 - 5 eggs, Pale Blue, Unmarked
Feeding:
Omnivorous, Eating fruit, Nectar and Insects
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Primaries | blackish |
| Secondaries | blackish |
| Upperparts | grey |
| Underparts | rufous |
| Iris | white |
| Bill | yellow with pale-blue colouration at base |
| Head | light-grey head with whitish streaking |
| Juvenile | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | greyish-brown |
| Underparts | whitish |
| Head | buff |
| Neck | buff |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 09 Dec 2018 | Harihareshwar Beach, Raigad, Maharashtra |
