The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Muscicapoidea (Part II) - Thrushes, Starlings and Allies

Oreoscoptes


Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southern Canada from southernmost British Columbia in the west to southwest Sasketchawan in the east, and south into western USA as far as east-central California and northwest New Mexico; the wintering range of this species extends south from here into Baja California and central Mexico.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Ituri

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Toxostoma


Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

The range of this species extends from south-central and extreme southwest USA into Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.

Seven subspecies recognised:

T. c. palmeri - photo by @Ituri

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T. c. insularum
T. c. maculatum
T. c. occidentale
T. c. celsum - photo by @Pleistohorse

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T. c. oberholseri
T. c. curvirostre


Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum)

The range of this species is restricted to south-central Mexico, from Guanajuato to just north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout central and eastern North America, from south-central Canada to Nova Scotia, and south to Florida and Texas; wintering and resident populations extends throughout southeast and eastern USA.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. r. longicauda - photo by @Ituri

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T. r. rufum - photo by @Ituri

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Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)

The range of this species extends from south-central Texas in the north, throughout northeast and eastern Mexico as far south as Veracruz and Puebla.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. l. sennetti
T. l. longirostre

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Cozumel Thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum)

Endemic to Cozumel Island.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest USA and northwestern Mexico, from southeast California and southern Colorado in the north to southern Sonora in the south; populations north of south Arizona and southeast New Mexico are summer visitors.

Three subspecies recognised:

T. b. bendirei - photo by @Ituri

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T. b. candidum
T. b. rubricatum


Grey Thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum)

The range of this species is restricted to Baja California in northwest Mexico.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. c. mearnsi
T. c. cinereum

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)

The range of this species is restricted to an narrow coastal strip of western North America, from northern California to northwest Baja California.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. r. sonomae
T. r. redivivum

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest USA from southeast California to western Texas, and south throughout northwest and central Mexico as far as western Hidalgo.

Four subspecies recognised:

T. c. coloradense
T. c. crissale
T. c. trinitatis
T. c. dumosum

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southwest USA and northwest Mexico, from south-central California and south-west Arizona in the north into the coastline of the Gulf of California and Baja California in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. l. lecontei
T. l. arenicola

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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TeaLovingDave said:
Le Conte's Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southwest USA and northwest Mexico, from south-central California and south-west Arizona in the north into the coastline of the Gulf of California and Baja California in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. l. lecontei
T. l. arenicola

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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STURNIDAE


This family comprises 33 extant genera, as follows:

Sturnus - True Starlings (2 species)

Creatophora - Wattled Starling (monotypic)

Pastor - Rosy Starling (monotypic)

Agropsar - Purple-backed Starling and Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2 species)

Gracupica - Asian Pied Starlings (3 species)

Sturnornis - White-faced Starling (monotypic)

Leucopsar - Bali Myna (monotypic)

Sturnia - Brahminy Starling and allies (4 species)

Spodiopsar - Red-billed Starling and White-cheeked Starling (2 species)

Acridotheres - True Mynas (13 species)

Onychognathus - Tristram's Starling and allies (11 species)

Saroglossa - Spot-winged Starling (monotypic)

Neocichla - Babbling Starling (monotypic)

Grafisia - White-collared Starling (monotypic)

Speculipastor - Magpie Starling (monotypic)

Pholia - Sharpe's Starling (monotypic)

Poeoptera - Narrow-tailed Starling and allies (4 species)

Lamprotornis - Glossy Starlings (24 species)

Hartlaubius - Madagascar Starling (monotypic)

Cinnyricinclus - Violet-backed Starling (monotypic)

Hylopsar - Purple-headed Starling and Copper-tailed Starling (2 species)

Notopholia - Black-bellied Starling (monotypic)

Rhabdornis - Philippine Creepers (4 species)

Basilornis - Sulawesi Myna and allies (3 species)

Goodfellowia - Apo Myna (monotypic)

Streptocitta - White-necked Mynas (3 species)

Sarcops - Coleto (monotypic)

Mino - Golden Myna and allies (3 species)

Gracula - Hill Mynas (5 species)

Ampeliceps - Golden-crested Myna (monotypic)

Enodes - Fiery-browed Starling (monotypic)

Scissirostrum - Grosbeak Starling (monotypic)

Aplonis - Metallic Starlings (21 species)

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Sturnus


Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from Scandinavia and central Europe into western and central Asia, as far east as south-central Siberia and northern Mongolia and south through Tien Shan into northern Afghanistan; south of this range, populations are resident from the British Isles and northwestern Europe, through eastern Europe into Asia Minor and the Caucasus, and patchily from here as far as southern Pakistan. Wintering populations exist throughout southern Europe, the Middle East and southwest Asia as far as northwest India.

Thirteen subspecies recognised:

S. v. vulgaris - photo by @ro6ca66

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S. v. faroensis
S. v. zetlandicus
S. v. granti
S. v. poltaratskyi
S. v. tauricus - photo by @alexkant

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S. v. caucasicus - photo by @gust1

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S. v. purpurascens
S. v. oppenheimi
S. v. porphyronotus
S. v. nobilior
S. v. humii
S. v. minor


Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)

The range of this species extends throughout the Iberian Peninsula, patchily south into northwest Africa and east through the western Mediterranean to Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

Monotypic.

Photo by @LaughingDove

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Creatophora


Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern Africa from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Cape in the south, and from here north as far as northwest Angola.#

Monotypic.

Photo by @MagpieGoose

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Pastor


Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends patchily from southeast Europe and Asia Minor in the west, throughout the Caucasus and western Russia into central Asia as far east as northwest China and eastern Kazakhstan; the wintering range of this species extends throughout central and southern India and Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Kakapo

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Agropsar


Purple-backed Starling (Agropsar sturninus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from the Russian Far East and eastern Mongolia into northeast and north-central China and the northern Korean Peninsula; the wintering range of the species extends patchily from southwest Indochina into the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southern Sakhalin and northern and central Japan; the wintering range of the species extends from Taiwan south into the Philippines and northern Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Gracupica


Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)

The range of this species extends from northwest India and immediately-adjacent eastern Pakistan, south to central and east-central India and east from here through the southern foothills of the Himalayas to southeast China and Indochina.

Four subspecies recognised:

G. c. contra
G. c. sordida
G. c. superciliaris - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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G. c. floweri - photo by @Jackwow

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Javan Pied Starling (Gracupica jalla)

The range of this species formerly extended throughout Sumatra, Java and Bali, but it is likely that the species is now extinct in the wild due to habitat loss and collection for the cagebird trade.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)

The range of this species extends throughout southern and southeast China into eastern Myanmar, Indochina and northern Peninsular Thailand.

Monotypic.

Photo by @jayjds2

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Sturnornis


White-faced Starling (Sturnornis albofrontatus)

Endemic to southwest Sri Lanka.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Sturnia


White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southeast China into northeast and north-central Vietnam; the wintering range of the species extends throughout Indochina and coastal southeast China, patchily south into the Malaysian Peninsula and into Taiwan and Hainan to the east.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular India and into eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and westernmost Bangladesh. Summer breeding populations extend north into northern Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan; wintering populations are present in Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

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Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica)

The range of this species extends from the foothills of the Himalayas in northwest India, east through Nepal, Bhutan and northeast India to northern Myanmar and southern China, south from here throughout Indochina, and southwest from here throughout southern and central India; the portion of this range extending through central India and southwest Indochina comprises non-breeding and wintering populations.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. m. malabarica
S. m. nemoricola - photo by @alexkant

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S. m. blythii


White-headed Starling (Sturnia erythropygia)

Endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. e. andamanensis
S. e. erythropygia
S. e. katchalensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Spodiopsar


Red-billed Starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast and central China, and south into Hainan; wintering populations extend into Taiwan and northeast Vietnam.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

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White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southeast Siberia and the Russian Far East, east into southern Sakhalin and northern Japan, and south through eastern Mongolia and northeast China into central China and the northern Korean Peninsula; resident populations are present in the southern Korean Peninsulam and central and southern Japan. The wintering range of this species extends from southeast China into Hainan, Taiwan and southernmost Japan to the east, and northeast Vietnam to the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura

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Acridotheres


Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

The range of this species extends throughout Central Asia, south through Tien Shan to southeast Iran and Afghanistan, and from here throughout the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina and the Malay Peninsula; introduced populations exist worldwide.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. t. tristis - photo by @alexkant

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A. t. melanosternus - photo by @ralph

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Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)

The range of this species extends throughout the northern Indian Subcontinent and Himalayan foothills, from central Pakistan in the west to Assam and western Bangladesh in the east.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

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Burmese Myna (Acridotheres burmannicus)

The range of this species is restricted to Myanmar and immediately-adjacent southern China.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

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Vinous-breasted Myna (Acridotheres leucocephalus)

The range of this species extends throughout southern and southeast Indochina, and into extreme northeast Peninsular Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-winged Myna (Acridotheres melanopterus)

Endemic to Java, where now restricted to the extreme northwest.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Grey-backed Myna (Acridotheres tricolor)

Endemic to Java, where now restricted to two disjunct populations in the southeast

Monotypic; no photographs representing pure individuals of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-rumped Myna (Acridotheres tertius)

Endemic to Bali, where now restricted to the far northwest.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northern Pakistan to northeast India, and south from here through western Myanmar into westernmost Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, and through Bangladesh into eastern and east-central India; a disjunct population is present in southwest India. Introduced populations are present in Taiwan and several Polynesian islands.

Four subspecies recognised:

A. f. fuscus - photo by @Chlidonias

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A. f. mahrattensis
A. f. fumidus
A. f. torquatus


Pale-bellied Myna (Acridotheres cinereus)

Endemic to southwest Sulawesi.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

Endemic to Java and Bali.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Gigit

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Collared Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)

The range of this species is restricted to north-central Myanmar and immediately-adjacent northeast India and southern China.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southeast Asia, from northeast India in the north, through southernmost China, Myanmar and Indochina to Peninsular Thailand in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @jayjds2

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Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)

The range of this species extends throughout southern and southeast China into Taiwan and eastern Indochina; introduced populations are present worldwide.

Three subspecies recognised:

A. c. cristatellus - photo by @alexkant

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A. c. brevipennis - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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A. c. formosanus - photo by @Al

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This is a really nice thread! Question: Do you have plans for a photographic guide to Birds of Prey? I know you've done owls, which is a good group to do, but I'm a fan of many kinds of these birds.
 
As far as I know the berlin specimens of asian pied starling were also floweri.

The jurong Acridotheres 'melanopterus' are subspecific hybrids.

Any reason why the A.cristatellus brevipennis was listed as subspecies specific?
 
Erythrogaster said:
As far as I know the berlin specimens of asian pied starling were also floweri.
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The photo I used is of a newly-arrived individual; having visited in both 2014 (when the last of the old population was still alive) and 2018 (when I accompanied @ThylacineAlive and he took the photo in question) it looks a little different to the old individual and fits the other subspecies.

Erythrogaster said:
The jurong Acridotheres 'melanopterus' are subspecific hybrids.
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The photo I used for that species wasn't taken at Jurong, and melanopterus is monotypic - so not sure what your point is :p

Erythrogaster said:
Any reason why the A.cristatellus brevipennis was listed as subspecies specific?
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To the best of my knowledge, all the individuals in Europe belong to this subspecies :)

TheGerenuk said:
Do you have plans for a photographic guide to Birds of Prey? I know you've done owls, which is a good group to do, but I'm a fan of many kinds of these birds.
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It'll be done eventually :)
 
Onychognathus


Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution from Eritrea and Ethiopia to the Albertine Rift in the west and northern Malawi in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Pale-winged Starling (Onychognathus nabouroup)

The range of this species extends from southwest Angola in the north, through Namibia and western South Africa, to the Eastern Cape in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Neumann's Starling (Onychognathus neumanni)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution throughout West Africa and the Congo Basin, from southern Mauritania to southwest Sudan.

Two subspecies recognised:

O. n. modicus
O. n. neumanni

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Cape in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

O. m. rueppellii
O. m. morio - photo by @SMR

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Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus fulgidus)

The range of this species extends throughout West Africa and the Congo Basin, from southern Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to northeast DRC and southwest Uganda in the east.

Two subspecies recognised:

O. f. fulgidus
O. f. hartlaubii

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)

The range of this species extends in a highly-patchy and fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout central and east-central Africa; through southeast Nigeria and adjacent western Cameroon into Bioko; throughout the Albertine Rift; and from southeast South Sudan throughout the Kenyan Highlands and Tanzanian Eastern Arc to northern Malawi.

Three subspecies recognised:

O. w. preussi
O. w. elgonensis
O. w. walleri - photo by @Hix

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White-billed Starling (Onychognathus albirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout the highlands of southern Eritrea to central Ethiopia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari

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Tristram's Starling (Onychognathus tristramii)

The range of this species extends from Israel and western Jordan in the north, through the Sinai Peninsula into the western Arabian Peninsula to southwest Yemen, and east from here into western Oman.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

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Bristle-crowned Starling (Onychognathus salvadorii)

The range of this species extends throughout central Ethiopia into adjacent northwest and southwest Somalia, and from here into northern and central Kenya.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Socotra Starling (Onychognathus frater)

Endemic to Socotra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Somali Starling (Onychognathus blythii)

The range of this species extends from Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, into Djabouti and northern Somalia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Saroglossa


Spot-winged Starling (Saroglossa spilopterus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Himalayan foothills of northwest India; wintering populations extend throughout northeast India into Myanmar and western Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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