Siamese Pied Starling

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Siamese Pied Starling

Gracupica floweri

斑椋鸟 (bān liáng-niǎo)

    Malay : Perling Telinga Putih Biasa

    Japanese : ホオジロムクドリ (hō-jiro muku-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 頬白椋鳥

Taxonomy update for 2022

Asian Pied Starling is split into three species: a polytypic Indian Pied Starling Gracupica contra, with subspecies contra, sordida, and superciliaris; a monotypic Siamese Pied Starling Gracupica floweri; and a monotypic Javan Pied Starling Gracupica jalla. Note that we previously floweri, now recognized as a species, in the group Asian Pied Starling (Asian) Gracupica contra [contra Group]. These splits are based on patterns of genetic divergence, including evidence of a lack of gene flow between Indian Pied Starling and Siamese Pied Starling despite parapatric distributions (Baveja et al. 2020).

Revise the range of Javan Pied Starling from “Sumatra, Java and Bali” to “eastern Sumatra (where possibly introduced), Java, and Bali; probably extinct in the wild”.

 :

- Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
- Javan Pied Starling (Gracupica jalla)

    Size : 22 cm; 76–90 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, 1897)
  – S & E Myanmar, S China (SE Yunnan), Thailand (except E), NW Laos and
  Cambodia.

Gracupica contra ssp. floweri
Date : 02 February 2020

Location : Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Gracupica contra ssp. floweri
Date : 17 March 2019

Location : Ladang Tebu Chuping, Beseri, Perlis

Gracupica contra ssp. floweri
Date : 12 December 2016

Location : Ladang Tebu Chuping, Beseri, Perlis