Spot-winged Starling

Saroglossa spilopterus (Vigors, 1831)

≈20 cmLength48 gWeight

This starling eats insects and fruit and also takes nectar from flowers.

Busiest months: March · Most records: India, Nepal, Thailand

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Spot-winged Starling has been recorded at 65 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

SattalIndia146 records
Nameri National Park & SurroundingsIndia74 records
Kaziranga NP & SurroundingsIndia57 records

More places

Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Central RangeIndia52 records
Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Western RangeIndia48 records
Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Eastern RangeIndia35 records
Mahananda WLS – Rongtong and Shivakhola ForestIndia32 records
Manas NP – BanasbariIndia29 records
Chitwan National ParkNepal26 records
Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia18 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Nepal Thailand China Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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, north-eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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