| Common Name : | Chestnut-tailed starling, Grey-headed myna. |
| Binomial Name : | Sturnia malabarica |
| Synonym : | Temenuchus malabaricus |
| Family : | Sturnidae |
| Bengali Name : | Kath Shalik ( |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
This is another common bird from Bangladesh that is found everywhere, wandering around the trees, and you need to be more careful to locate this bird, otherwise it will remain invisible to you. Its name is Chestnut-tailed starling, Grey-headed myna, etc. In Bangladesh we call this as Kath Shalik (
Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) is the smallest starling bird from Bangladesh. And similar to many other birds from Bangladesh, this one is also native the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian region. This is a gregarious bird and prefers to live inside the woods and leafs (in other word, a shy bird).
Both male and female Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) birds are similar. Upper part of the bird (head, back, wing) is greyish and the front side and the inner tail is chestnut colored. The color of the beak is yellow/orange at near the opening and pale blue at the base. It has four fingers in foot and the color of foot is similar to the front's color.
Chestnut-tailed starling is an omnivorous bird, which means it eats everything starting from the insect to nectar. Initial photos of this article were taken from Chandpur during winter. A flock of these birds were busy with collecting sap from a date-palm tree.
Photos of Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) were taken Bangladesh as follows:
1) January 2015: Lohagor, Chandpur.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/
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