Red-billed Starling

Red-billed Starling

A starling with a gray-brown head.

Characteristics

A starling with a gray-brown head and a gray body.

When the wings are spread, they look black or navy blue overall, but the base of the flight feathers is white. The base of the beak is flesh-colored or red and the tip is lead-colored. The legs are orange like those of starlings, and the iris is black to dark brown.

Picture of Red-billed Starling

Ecology

They fly to Japan as migratory birds and can be seen in grasslands and farmlands.

They walk on the ground and feed. They sometimes act together with starlings.

Habitat

Farmland on Ishigaki Island

I photographed them perched on a branch near farmland on Ishigaki Island.

Several of them were walking on the ground foraging, and after a while they climbed up onto an artificial structure, looked cautious of their surroundings, and then flew away.

Pictures

Introducing a picture of Red-billed Starling.

Picture of Red-billed Starling1|The head is gray-brown and the body is gray.
The head is gray-brown and the body is gray.
Picture of Red-billed Starling2|The base of the beak is flesh-colored and the tip is lead-colored.
The base of the beak is flesh-colored and the tip is lead-colored.
Picture of Red-billed Starling3|The base of the flight feathers is white.
The base of the flight feathers is white.
Picture of Red-billed Starling4|It was feeding on the ground.
It was feeding on the ground.
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