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Rosy starling

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Rosy starling (Pastor roseus) गुलाबी मैना, पाटल सारिका #Great run of kutch  #Gujrat March 2024 Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details   This is a passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae, also known as the rose-coloured starling or rose-coloured pastor. The species was recently placed in its own monotypic genus, Pastor, and split from Sturnus. This split is supported by recent studies, though other related species within its new genus are not yet known for certain. The breeding range of this bird is in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts of Central Asia and Southeast Europe. It can be found from northwestern Mongolia via Dzungarei, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to southern Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia. #Strabopixelclub #wildlife #birding #sea birds #birdwatching #birdwatcher #travellers #...

Black winged cucoshrike जंगली कसया

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Black-winged cuckooshrike  (Lalage melaschistos),  जंगली कसया  #Saryuwetland  #Ayodhya  Uttar Pradesh  October 2025  Nikon Gears  Full screen mode recommended for details. also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they (cuckooshrikes) are unrelated to either shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa. They breed in summer in mountains from 300–2450 meters and migrate altitudinally or south in winter. It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances south west to northern ...