White-collared Starling (Grafisia torquata) | Photos and ID

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WoodlandMedium · 64 g

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White-collared starlings are dimorphic in adulthood, with sexual differences in both size and coloration. Adult males have a glossy-black plumage save for a white patch on the chest which extends up to the wings; their bill and legs are black and a bright yellow iris. Adult females are primarily grey with black-tipped wing and tail feathers; the feathers on its crown and rump have blue-black tips. Juveniles and subadults tend to resemble the female, but with more brownish-grey feathers on their ventral plumage.

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When to see the White-collared Starling

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-collared Starling

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cameroon Congo - Brazzaville Central African Republic

About the White-collared Starling

The white-collared starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic within the genus Grafisia. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.

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Easily confused with

Grand RhabdornisRhabdornis grandisA medium-sized, long-billed bird of foothill and montane forest in northern Luzon with a white throat and belly, a brown back, rufous wings and tail, a black mask with a thin white eyebrow above, a gray crown, and brown sides broadly streaked white.

Socotra StarlingOnychognathus fraterThe Socotra starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Makira StarlingAplonis dichroaThe Makira starling, also known as the San Cristobal starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

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