Siamese pied starling (Gracupica floweri)

Wikipedia: Siamese pied starling Source: WIKIPEDIA Gracupica_contra_by_shrikant_rao.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Gracupica (Gracupica); Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
General: The Siamese pied myna (Gracupica floweri) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Its plumage is black and white, with a black collar. It is found in Myanmar and China to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. It previously was considered a subspecies of the pied myna, which has now been split into three species.^[1] It can be distinguished from the Indian pied myna (G. contra) and Javan pied myna (G. jalla) by more extensive white streaking on its forehead from both and a wider extent of bare red-orange facial skin around the eye compared to G. contra, but much less compared to G. jalla.^[2] [more]