Purple-backed Starling / Daurian Starling

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Purple-backed Starling / Daurian Starling

Agropsar sturninus

北椋鸟 (běi liáng-niǎo)

    Malay : Perling Ubun Ungu

    Japanese : シベリアムクドリ (shiberia muku-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : シベリア椋鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 4,430,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 2,710,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 16–19 cm; 100 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Pallas, 1776, southern Dauria between Onon and Argun Rivers, south-east Russia)
  – E Mongolia, SE Russia (SE Transbaikalia E to Ussuriland), NE & C China (E Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang S to S Gansu and Shandong) and N Korea; non-breeding SE Asia and Greater Sundas.

Distribution Map

Date : 15 December 2018

Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak