Blyth's Starling

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Love the clean washes and the superb attention to detail, Pratim. I just came back from Shimla, my second trip there and my fifth trip to India. We caught some interesting bird sightings. Yours is truly a magnificent country!

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 505/524(Observe the Bird and recognize)..BLYTH'S STARLING..[From a Photograph of MR. DHANU PARAN] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... Previously known as the southern race of Chestnut-tailed Starling, this is now a separate species - Blyth's Starling (Sturnia blythii). The chestnut-tailed starling or grey-headed myna (Sturnia malabarica) is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region. This resident population has a white head and is often treated as a full species, the Malabar starling (Sturnia blythii). The adults have a total length of approximately 20 cm (8 in). They have grey upperparts and blackish remiges, but the colour of the remaining plumage depend on the subspecies. In the nominate subspecies and blythii, the underparts (incl. undertail) are rufous,