Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestCavity nestSmall · 49 g

Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus), photo 1 — Photo: Anastasia Balaeva · CC BY 4.0

Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus), photo 2 — Photo: Anastasia Balaeva · CC BY 4.0

Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus), photo 3 — Photo: Wang.QG · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Daurian starling is distinguished from other starling species by its dark mantle and crown and narrow wing bars.

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When to see the Daurian Starling

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Daurian Starling

Regular range

The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Singapore Malaysia Thailand China India Indonesia Taiwan South Korea Hong Kong SAR China Russia Cambodia Mongolia Laos Sri Lanka Macao SAR China Japan Myanmar (Burma) Bangladesh Vietnam

About the Daurian Starling

The Daurian starling, or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensisThe chestnut-cheeked starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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