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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Saroglossa spiloptera

Higher classification
  
Saroglossa

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Sturnidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
SaroglossaHodgson, 1844

Similar
  
Starling, Bird, Madagascan starling, Babbling starling, White‑collared starling

spot winged starling


The spot-winged starling (Saroglossa spilopterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in northern India and western Nepal; it winters in Northeast India and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species was first bred in the UK by Mrs K.M. Scamell in 1969. A detailed account of the breeding can be found in the January/February 1970 edition of Foreign Birds, the journal of the Foreign Bird League.

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