| Grosbeak Starling | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Scissirostrum Lafresnaye, 1845 |
| Species: | S. dubium |
| Binomial name | |
| Scissirostrum dubium (Latham, 1802) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Lanius dubium Latham, 1802 |
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The Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium), also known as the Grosbeak Myna, Finch-billed Myna, or Scissor-billed Starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is monotypic in the genus Scissirostrum.[2] It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1]
Its natural habitat is tropical lowland, and sometimes subtropical montane, lightly wooded forest areas and wetlands.[1]
This species nests in colonies, which frequently contain hundreds of pairs. Its nests are bored in rotting or dying tree trunks in woodpecker style. It eats fruit, insects, and grain.[2]
Grosbeak Starlings are highly vocal, at their colonies and in feeding flocks.[2]