Bird watching in Malaysia / ASEAN - Asian Glossy Starling

The Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan (introduced) and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

There is also a huge number of this species inhabiting towns and cities, where they take refuge in abandoned buildings and trees. They often move in large groups and are considered one of the noisiest species of birds.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net

www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there

Listen to the Asian Glossy Starling

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.birdforum.net

Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 24 June 2017
Location: Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur

Asian Glossy Starling
24 June 2017 - Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Juvenile Asian Glossy Starling, Aplonis panayensis - 24 June 2017
Perdana Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Glossy Starling, Aplonis panayensis - 14 September 2017
Tanjung Aru Beach/ Prince Philip Park in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo

Asian Glossy Starling
20 September 2017
Tanjung Aru Beach/ Prince Philip Park in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo

Asian Glossy Starling
1 September 2018 - Canopy Walk, Southern Ridges, Singapore

Asian Glossy Starling
2 September 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

Asian Glossy Starling
- 2 September 2018 - Botanical Garden, Singapore

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