Spot-winged starling

The spot-winged starling (Saroglossa spilopterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in northern India and western Nepal; it winters in Northeast India, north-eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was first bred in the UK by Mrs K.M. Scamell in 1969. A detailed account of the breeding can be found in the January/February 1970 edition of Foreign Birds, the journal of the Foreign Bird League.

Spot-winged starling
At Sattal, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Saroglossa
Hodgson, 1844
Species:
S. spilopterus
Binomial name
Saroglossa spilopterus
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Saroglossa spiloptera

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Saroglossa spilopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710829A94262743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710829A94262743.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.


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