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When to see the Chestnut-winged Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chestnut-winged Starling
The map shades 16 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 Togo.
About the Chestnut-winged Starling
The chestnut-winged starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.
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Easily confused with
Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostrisThe slender-billed starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadoriiThe bristle-crowned starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanniThis 25 cm long species is similar to other Onychognathus starlings, showing the characteristic rufous primary wing feathers, very obvious in flight.
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