Rosy Starling
Taken at Port Seton on 30th June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Fact File
Rosy Starling
Rosy Starling
Rosy Starling.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Pastor roseus.
Passeriformes.
Sturnidae.
Rose-coloured Starling, Rose-coloured Pastor.
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Feature:
 Semi-deserts and deserts of Central Asia and Southeast Europe.
Fruits, berries, flower-nectar, cereal grains and insects.
Pink body, pale orange legs and bill, and glossy black head, wings and tail. Males in the breeding season have elongated head feathers which form a wispy crest. Winter plumage in males is comparatively dull.
May - June.
3 - 4 Pale Cream/ White.
In years when grasshoppers and other insects are abundant, it will erupt well beyond its core range, with significant numbers reaching France, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Voice
 Courtesy Of Xeno Canto