{"id":10630,"date":"2019-06-19T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2023-08-02T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T07:23:17","slug":"tristrams-starling-onychognatus-tristramii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=10630","title":{"rendered":"Tristram’s Starling
Onychognatus tristramii<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– medium-sized passerine, about size of Song Thrush<\/a>
\n– breeding populations in SE WP
\n– mainly non-migratory<\/p>\n

>> FLIGHT >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– quite different from Common Starling<\/a> in flight due to different body structure
\n– wings and tail longer, especially conspicuous large bright wing windows
\n– actually unmistakable in flight<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2920, 17\/02\/2015,\u00a0Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– diagnostic pale orange primary patch
\n– 2CY(uppermost bird) with duller remiges \u2013 moult contrast between greater and primary coverts<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2921, 17\/02\/2015,\u00a0Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– F (three uppermost birds) with greyish head<\/p>\n

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\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2922, 17\/02\/2015,\u00a0Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– fairly long tail
\n– dense flocking<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2923, 17\/02\/2015,\u00a0Ras Janjari, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– from below the sometimes the paler primary patch is not always prominent<\/p>\n

>> SOUND ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– flight call, a quite variable, pointed overslur<\/em>
\n– energy centred at around 2,1kHz
\n– obvious squeaky timbre<\/em>
\n– far-reaching<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BIF2929-1_PFR15332_1-11_190223_BIO_triststarl-2-FC_isr_amrams-pillars-nr_MP6_REF-S_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2929, 23\/02\/2019, Amram’s Pillars, Israel, Patrick Franke<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BIF2930-1_PFR15335_1-10_190223_BIO_triststarl-1-FC_isr_amrams-pillars-nr_MP6_REF-S_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nTristram’s Starling Onychognatus tristramii<\/em>, flight call<\/strong>
\nBIF2930, 23\/02\/2019, Amram’s Pillars, Israel, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Common Starling<\/a> (v)
\nCommon Myna (v)<\/p>\n

#songbird #passerine<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized passerine, about size of Song Thrush – breeding populations in SE WP – mainly non-migratory >> FLIGHT >>>>> – quite different from Common Starling in flight due to different body structure – wings and tail longer, especially conspicuous large bright wing windows – actually unmistakable in flight >> VISUAL ID … Continue reading Tristram’s Starling
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