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When to see the Grosbeak Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grosbeak Starling
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grosbeak Starling
The grosbeak starling, also known as the grosbeak myna, finch-billed myna, or scissor-billed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic in the genus Scissirostrum. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where its natural habitat is tropical lowland, and sometimes subtropical montane, lightly wooded forest areas and wetlands. It is threatened in the wild by habitat loss, and by birds being captured for the cagebird trade.
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Easily confused with
Black-winged MynaAcridotheres melanopterusThe black-winged myna is a small myna, 23 centimetres (9.1 in) in length.
Rusty-winged StarlingAplonis zelandicaThe rusty-winged starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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