Daurian Starling

A pale starling wiht a dark back. Male grey on head, paler the rest of the underparts, contrasting with dark back, wings and tail. Back purple. Wings dark green, broken by white scapular patch and smaller pale patches on flight feathers. Female similar, but with brownish wash on upperparts. Some birds may have pale yellow-orange head as a result of probing into flowers.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

 

Male, Woodlands Fu Shan Garden

A1, f5.6 1/1250. ISO 2500, GM600. TC1.4x

MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1, 19 Nov 2022

 

Male, Woodlands Fu Shan Garden

A1, f5.6 1/1000. ISO 2500, GM600. TC1.4x

MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1, 19 Nov 2022

 

Male, Woodlands Fu Shan Garden

A1, f5.6 1/1000. ISO 5000, GM600. TC1.4x

MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1, 19 Nov 2022

 

Female, Woodlands Fu Shan Garden

A1, f5.6 1/1000. ISO 4000, GM600. TC1.4x

MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1, 19 Nov 2022

 

Male grey-whitish, female brownish back

Keppel Discovery Wetlands

A7R4 APS-C mode, FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

f8 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 2000

MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2, 8 Sept 2021