Latin name: Sturnus sericeus English name: Silky stanling species named people and years: Gmelin, 1788 Common name: Silky Starling Category: Passeriformes> Starling Section> Starling is a silky starling is our specialty birds, migratory birds in Hainan are also part of the resident birds. Silky starling farmland and villages, often in regional activities such as human habitation and feeding the one hand, of pesticides on the environment vulnerable to pollution and other hazards, it also often man-made capture, as caged pet birds for sale. In recent years, both silky starling distribution area or population, have shown significantly reduced. Currently silky starling bird has been the International Union for Conservation of threatened bird species names included in the world. Length of 225-235 mm. Head and neck white stained brown gray, silver gray upper body, tail black with green, purple metallic luster. Obvious neck with a gray ring. Wing angle and base of the white primary flight feathers, black wings in the form hui wing spots. Chest gray brown, white belly the following. Dye brown female plumage color, less shiny black feathers. Male blue-gray upper body, waist and tail coverts a little more light, wings and tail black, with white spots on the wing. Gray lower body, chin throat nearly white, under tail coverts white. From the neck to the chest with a dark purple ring. Top of the head, neck and cheeks brown and white, each feather was loose on the spear-shaped, mouth red, tip black. Females like males, but the head is light brown, dark body feathers than the male. Inhabit broad-leaved forest, coniferous forest, orchards and farming areas, often clustering activities, can form a large group in the migration, feeding on fruit, seeds and insects, nesting in the cave.
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