Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Starlings :: Rosy Starling

Rosy Starling Pastor roseus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Rose-colored Starling, Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Pastor
Old scientific name(s): Sturnus roseus

Photographs

India - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 2, 2007 © Aurélien Audevard  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 2, 2007 © Aurélien Audevard  K.R.Puram, Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Mar 7, 2004 © Sudhir Shivaram 
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Range

Nw. and n. Iran and n. Afghanistan to sw. Siberia (Altai Mountains) and Japan. A sporadic and nomadic breeder w. to e. Europe (the former Yugoslavia and Hungary, c. and s. Russia n. to Ukraine and the middle Volga River s. to c. Turkey).
Winters in s. in the Ryukyus, the Philippines and Borneo w. to India and Sri Lanka.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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