Subject: ID please - White-cheeked Starling (Rufous plumage ?) [Print This Page] Author: fkkc Time: 26/03/2011 12:30 Subject: ID please - White-cheeked Starling (Rufous plumage ?)
I saw two white-cheeked starlings among a flock with rufous cheek and rump instead of white. Is the rufous colour part of the breeding plumage? They were found in Long Valley on 25.3.2011.
Author: gary Time: 26/03/2011 17:29
Definitely not breeding plumage.
It was told that starlings are stained with color artificially prior to release in mainland China.
Gary Author: mclisa Time: 26/03/2011 21:53
for what reasons??? Author: ajohn Time: 26/03/2011 23:07
Interesting. I also saw presumably the same two birds at San Tin a few days ago.
I have seen oddly-coloured White-shouldered and Red-billed Starlings previously, but not White-cheeked. I have always been interested about the strange colour, so I am very interested in Gary's report that birds are stained with colour in China
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