Pastor roseus

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cr494
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krushnamegh@ifoundbutterflies.org
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Rosy starling is a bird from the myna family. This bird is similar to flamingos always seen in large family, they fly quickly when hear a sound of the vehicle or a person walking. It’s a medium size bird with a glossy black head crest pale pink tinged body and a yellow bill. It is a winter visitor to many parts of the Indian sub continent. This bird feeds on insects such as grasshoppers, berries, nectar and small grains. They are strongly attached to flowering trees and form large noisy flocks when disturbed. Starling murmurations marvelously inspringsight during twilight where flocks performs a perfect synchronized balletin in the sky
It has a loud and shrill ki ki ki call , it is best sighted at open field and flowering trees.
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cr494
Organism
Butterfly
Bird Taxon search:
Hidden Life stage
Month
January
Year
2022
Day
11