Today's chirp: The purple-winged starling [bird in the starry sky~] is a starling of the starling family, with a total length of about 20-24 cm, and is a medium-sized starling. The body feathers are spear-shaped when new, and the margins are rusty

Today's chirp: Purple-winged starling

【Birds in the starry sky~】

It is a starling of the starling family with a total length of about 20-24 cm, and is a medium-sized starling. The body feathers are spear-shaped when new, the feather edges are rust-colored into scallop-shaped stripes and markings, and the old feather markings mostly disappear. Shining black, purple, green. With varying degrees of white spots. Iris dark brown; mouth yellow; Slightly red feet. The call is a hoarse shrill sound and whistle. The diet is heterogeneous, with small to large groups feeding in open areas. Large groups migrate to the south of their distribution area in winter. It inhabits the groves of desert oases, mostly in orchards, arable land, or open and treey villages near villages, mainly distributed in Eurasia and northern Africa, the Indian subcontinent and southwest China.