Brahminy Starling
Geylang River
07 Nov 1998


General details
Species Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
Record ID 721
Date 07 Nov 1998
Location Geylang River
Count 1 individual
Date added 25 Oct 2021

Record accepted.

Committee's view
Background
Reportedly listed in BIRDLINE. Wang & Hails, 2007, cites "Ollington & Loh, 1999, in Wells, in press" (with "Wells, in press" being the subsequently published Wells (2007)) but treated the record as an escapee. Wells (2007) suggests that sightings of this species in the region could consist of genuine wild individuals. We chose to accept this record given the trend of winter vagrancy in Brahminy Starlings over the past few decades (Soe Naing et al., 2016).
Verdict Accepted / Wild (Unverifiable)

References (see all)
References BIRDLINE, as cited in Wells, 2007; Soe Naing et al., 2016; Wells, 2007
Wang & Hails (2007) Record regarded as escapee
Lim (2009) Record is absent in source

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (2021). Record 721: Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://records.singaporebirds.com/record/721/.

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