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ForestCavity nestMedium · 130 g
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The fiery-browed starling is 27–29 cm (10.6–11.4 in) long. The male and female are similar. The crown, back, throat, breast and belly are dark grey. A bright reddish-orange supercilium starts from the base of the beak and extends over the eye, the feathers behind the eye being black. The flight feathers are brown, their outer webs and the wing coverts covering them being olive-yellow. The rump is golden, and the graduated tail is olive-yellow, with a cream tip. The beak is black, and the legs are yellow.
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When to see the Fiery-browed Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Fiery-browed Starling
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Fiery-browed Starling
The fiery-browed starling or fiery-browed myna is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic within the genus Enodes. Distinguished by a reddish-orange stripe over the eye, it is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, mainly living in humid highland forest.
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Easily confused with
Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolorThe magpie starling is about 16–19 cm (6.5–7.5 in) in length.
Kenrick's StarlingPoeoptera kenrickiKenrick's starling is a medium-sized bird with male weighing 50g and females weighing 38g.
Striated StarlingAplonis striataThe striated starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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