Chestnut-tailed Starling
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Chestnut-tailed Starling

Sturnia malabarica

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Hemis National Park
1 Verified records at Hemis National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park

Brahminy Starling
LC

Brahminy Starling

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sturnia pagodarum

<5% · Rare
European Starling
LC Endemic

European Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sturnus vulgaris

5–10% · Rare
Rosy Starling
LC

Rosy Starling

Bird

Pastor roseus

<5% · Rare
Daurian Starling
LC

Daurian Starling

Bird

Agropsar sturninus

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Magpie
LC

Eurasian Magpie

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pica pica

90–100% · Very likely
Cinereous Tit

Cinereous Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus cinereus

40–50% · Likely
Citrine Wagtail
LC

Citrine Wagtail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Motacilla citreola

40–50% · Likely
Carrion Crow
LC

Carrion Crow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corone

30–40% · Possible
White Wagtail
LC

White Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla alba

30–40% · Possible
Bluethroat
LC Endemic

Bluethroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Luscinia svecica

30–40% · Possible
White-winged Redstart
LC

White-winged Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

30–40% · Possible
Red-billed Chough
LC

Red-billed Chough

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Chestnut-tailed Starling at Hemis National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
2 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
4 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
5 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
6 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
11 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
12 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
13 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
14 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
15 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
16 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
18 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
19 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
21 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
22 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
23 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
24 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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