Asian Glossy Starling

When to see the Asian Glossy Starling

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Asian Glossy Starling

The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Japan.

About the Asian Glossy Starling

The Asian glossy starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan (introduced), Cambodia and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. There is also a huge number of this species inhabiting towns and cities, where they take refuge in abandoned buildings and trees. They often move in large groups and are considered one of the noisiest species of birds. In the Philippines, it is known as kulansiyang, galansiyang, or kuling-dagat.

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Easily confused with

Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaThe adult has brilliant red eyes, a long forked tail and green-glossed black plumage. Micronesian StarlingAplonis opacaThe Micronesian starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Short-tailed StarlingAplonis minorThe short-tailed starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.