Sturnus roseus 21cm
Ilanchivappu Naakanavaai in Tamil
(இளஞ்சிவப்பு நாகணவாய்)
Winter visitor. Adult has blackish head with shaggy crest, pinkish mantle and underparts, and blue green gloss to wings. In non-breeding and first winter plumage much duller; pink of plumage partly obscured by buff fringes; black by greyish fringes. Juvenile mainly sandy brown, with stout yellowish bill, and broad pale fringes to wing feathers. Cultivation and damp grassland.
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