Prakruti Parichay
SturnidaeAgropsarVagrant

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Agropsar philippensis

16.5–17 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

India. Male resembles Daurian Starling. but head pale tinged yellowish - buff to brown. with diagnostic chestnut patch on ear-coverts. and side of neck; has darker grey breast and flanks. whitish fringes on secondaries and lacks whitish tips to scapulars, greater coverts and tertials. Female and juvenile are similar to Daurian but have whitish fringes on secondaries and lack whitish lips to scapulars. greater coverts and terlials. Formerly placed in Stumus. Cultivation and secondary growth.

Colour

WhiteBuff / TanBrownChestnut
Average size
16.8 cm
Habitat
Cultivation and secondary growth.
Behaviour
India., Formerly placed in Stumus.

About this bird

India. Male resembles Daurian Starling. but head pale tinged yellowish - buff to brown. with diagnostic chestnut patch on ear-coverts. and side of neck; has darker grey breast and flanks. whitish fringes on secondaries and lacks whitish tips to scapulars, greater coverts and tertials. Female and juvenile are similar to Daurian but have whitish fringes on secondaries and lack whitish lips to scapulars. greater coverts and terlials. Formerly placed in Stumus. Cultivation and secondary growth.

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Chestnut-cheeked Starling is bigger than Ark-rumped Rosefinch but smaller than Abbott's Babbler.

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Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Agropsar philippensis

16.5–17 cm