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ForestCavity nestSmall · 56 g
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Adult singing starlings have glossy black plumage and bright red irises. Immature birds are paler, with streaked underparts and brown irises. They are distinguished from metallic starlings by shorter, square tails and thicker bills. Voice: The call is a repeated, high-pitched, down-slurred whistle.
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When to see the Singing Starling
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Singing Starling
The map shades 3 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 Australia.
About the Singing Starling
The singing starling is a medium-sized starling.
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Easily confused with
Short-tailed StarlingAplonis minorThe short-tailed starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensisThe Polynesian starling is a species of starling of the family Sturnidae.
Moluccan StarlingAplonis mysolensisThe Moluccan starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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