Prakruti Parichay
SturnidaeAplonis

Asian Glossy Starling

Aplonis panayensis

20–20 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident on Andamans and Nicobars; visitor to the northeast. Adult glossy greenish-black, with bright red eye and stout black bill. Juvenile has blackish-brown upperparts with variable greenish gloss. and bully-white underparts which are heavily streaked with blackish-brown (streaking a lso with variable greenish gloss); eye is yellowish-white. Adult bluer with dark eye in A. p. tytlsri! Andamans) and eye whitish in A. p. albiris (Nicobars). Vole, Call consists of sharp ringing whistlests su... tssu etc. Chiefly arboreal, often feeds with other sta~ings in flowering and fruiting trees. Coconut groves, forest edges and clearings.

Colour

BlackWhiteBrownRed
Average size
20 cm
Habitat
Coconut groves, forest edges and clearings.
Behaviour
Resident on Andamans and Nicobars, visitor to the northeast., Chiefly arboreal, often feeds with other sta~ings in flowering and fruiting trees.

About this bird

Resident on Andamans and Nicobars; visitor to the northeast. Adult glossy greenish-black, with bright red eye and stout black bill. Juvenile has blackish-brown upperparts with variable greenish gloss. and bully-white underparts which are heavily streaked with blackish-brown (streaking a lso with variable greenish gloss); eye is yellowish-white. Adult bluer with dark eye in A. p. tytlsri! Andamans) and eye whitish in A. p. albiris (Nicobars). Vole, Call consists of sharp ringing whistlests su... tssu etc. Chiefly arboreal, often feeds with other sta~ings in flowering and fruiting trees. Coconut groves, forest edges and clearings.

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Asian Glossy Starling is bigger than Brown-fronted Woodpecker but smaller than Blyth's Starling.

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Asian Glossy Starling

Aplonis panayensis

20–20 cm