Asian Pied Starling/Pied Myna
গো শালিক / গোবরে শালিক
Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758)
| রাজ্য/ Kingdom: | Animalia |
| বর্গ / Order: | Passeriformes |
| পরিবার / Family: | Sturnidae |
| গন / Genus: | Gracupica |
| প্রজাতি/ Species: | G. contra |
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: ANM Aminoor Rahman
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- Asian Pied Starling , Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: Md Kayes
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- Asian Pied Starling , Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan
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- Asian Pied Starling , Photo: Asif Ishtiaque
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- Asain Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asain Pied Starling , Photo: Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling ,Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Md Kayes
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Ikbal H. Babu
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Md Kayes
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- Asian Pied Starling , Photo: Mofazzal Hoque Dewan
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Masud Mushfiq Zaman
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Md Kayes
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Kawsar Mostafa
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Mahinur Rahman
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- Asian Pied Starling, Photo: Shaiful Islam Sourav
Photos by:
- ANM Aminoor Rahman
- Kawsar Mostafa
- Masud Mushfiq Zaman
- Asif Ishtiaque
- Ikbal H. Babu
- Md kayes
- Dr.Mahabubur Rahman Munna
- Mofazzal Hoque Dewan
- Mahinur Rahman
- Shaiful Islam Sourav
Description
Asian pied starling is a medium sized starling being black and white. It has a orange and yellow bill and orange-reddish skin around the eyes.
Male and female are alike but juveniles have dark-brown replacing black. White cheeks are replaced by brown and becomes less distinct.
Their number are very rich in the Southeast Asia mainly in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar.
Length: 20-25 cm.
Weight: 75-90 gm.
Call: High-pitched liquid and pleasant notes.
Habitat: Cultivation, villages, damp grassland, open areas with scattered trees. Nesting season starts from March and extends to September. Large,untidy nest with lateral entrance is made of twigs, leaves, grass and rubbish.
Food habit: They roam in flocks and feed on insects, spiders, earthworms, molluscs, various grains, fruits etc. Mainly they are omnivorous.
Reproduction: Breeding season is from March to September. Female lays 4-6 eggs. Both sexes share the nesting chores and care of offspring.
Reference:
- Salim Ali, The Book of Indian Birds
- Mohammad Ali Reza Khan, Wildlife of Bangaladesh
- Richard Grimmett and Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp, Birds of the
Indian Subcontinent - HBW Alive: Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- natureconservation.in: Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) complete detail
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