A scary-looking Chestnut-tailed Starling on a log in a Bangkok garden.

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The Chestnut-tailed Starling or Grey-headed Myna (Sturnia malabarica) is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. The bird in this image is the sub-species S. malabarica nemoricola which is found in Southern China (incl. Taiwan), Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Size: 2986px × 2239px
Location: Outskirts of Bangkok, Samutprakarn, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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