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Sturnia

  • Sturnia

    Sturnia is a genus of Asian birds in the starling family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus.
    The genus name is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".

    1/ Chestnut-tailed starling (Sáo đá đuôi hung, Sturnia malabarica), also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna
    formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.

    2/ White-shouldered starling (Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sturnia sinensis)
    The specific epithet sinensis is Modern Latin for "Chinese".

  • White-Shouldered Starling

    White-shouldered starling 
    (Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sturnia sinensis)
    The specific epithet sinensis is Modern Latin for "Chinese".

    The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae. 
    The bird breeds in southern China and northern Vietnam, winters in Southeast Asia and ca be found in: Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

    The genus name Sturnia is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".
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