Stock Photo: Malabar Starling Or Blyth's Starling At Thattekad, Kerala, India
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Malabar Starling, also known as the Blyth's Starling (Sturnia blythii) is a brightly-colored starling with a smooth “silky†appearance. Male has a sharply contrasting white head and orange underparts. Female is plainer, with less contrast, and white restricted to the forehead. Very similar Chestnut-tailed Starling is not sexually dimorphic also note grayer head and shorter bill. Found in open
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