White-headed Starling
A species of Southern Asian Starlings Scientific name : Sturnia erythropygia Genus : Southern Asian Starlings
White-headed Starling, A species of Southern Asian Starlings
Botanical name: Sturnia erythropygia
Genus: Southern Asian Starlings
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Description
Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen
Description
The white-headed starling (Sturnia erythropygia), also known as the Andaman white-headed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in wooded habitats of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
White-headed Starling has a varied diet consisting of fruit, nectar, and insects, often foraging in trees and shrubs. It extracts larvae from bamboo leaves and is known to feed gregariously, sometimes in mixed-species flocks. Unique dietary behaviors include communal roosting during forages.
Habitat
The habitat of white-headed Starling typically consists of forest clearings, edges of forests, and secondary woodlands. These birds can also adapt to open areas such as grasslands and fields under cultivation, in broader geographic regions with these environmental conditions.
Dite type
Omnivorous
Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Starlings Genus
Southern Asian Starlings Species
White-headed Starling