Chestnut-tailed Starling
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Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Sturnia malabarica

LCLeast Concern
Family
Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas (Sturnidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica), also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna is a member of the starling family. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region. While the chestnut-tailed starling is a winter visitor to peninsular India, the closely related resident breeding population with a white head is now treated as a full species, the Malabar starling (Sturnia blythii).

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.