Chestnut-tailed Starling

Latin Name: 
Sturnus malabaricus
Category: 
Size: 
20cm
Description: 

Medium-sized grey and chestnut starling, with white irises; head and neck pale grey, usually with whitish shafts or hackles; upperparts grey; underparts rufous chestnut; hackles on breast; prominent blue base to yellow bill; tail chestnut, with central feathers grey; female duller, paler; racial variations; very gregarious;
usually in noisy feeding flocks; mainly arboreal, though will descend to lower fruiting, flowering shrubs, or to ground; acrobatic feeder.

Habitat: 
Light, open forest; secondary growth; plantations; groves; cultivation; urban gardens; often near human habitation.
Food: 
Nectar; berries; fruit, esp. figs; insects.
Distribution: 
Uttarakhand to Myanmar. S Assam Hills
Call: 
Call Description: 
krrep; single whistle; song series of hard notes and warbles.
National Status: