Rose-coloured Starling
Pastor roseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
OE
ROCST
15840
Family: Passeriformes > Sturnidae
This scarce visitor may be encountered within flocks of Common Starlings, where its two-tone plumage – buff-pink and black in first winter birds, grey-brown and black in juveniles – can reveal its presence. Breeding plumage adults are seen here less commonly.
Rose-coloured Starlings breed from Turkey and Ukraine east to Mongolia, and winter in India. In some years, movements into western Europe may occur in some years and breeding may then follow.
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BTO RECORDS
Identification
Rose-coloured Starling identification is usually straightforward.
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| Species of European Conservation Concern | Least Concern |
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Least Concern 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Middlesex, 1742 |
DISTRIBUTION
This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.
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Britain and Ireland Breeding Distribution 2008-2011.
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Britain and Ireland Winter Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK
| No. occupied in winter | 13 |
| % occupied in winter | 0.4 |
European Distribution Map
DISTRIBUTION CHANGE
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
| % change in range in winter (1981–84 to 2007–11) | +400% |
SEASONALITY
Rose-coloured Starling is a scarce passage migrant, with adults recorded in late spring and juveniles in autumn; some individuals have overwintered.
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Foreign locations of birds ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about Rose-coloured Starling, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
BIOMETRICS
Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.
Feather measurements and photos on featherbase
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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2-letter: OE | 5-letter code: ROCST | Euring: 15840 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) eggs
- Breeding performance of Indian myna Acridotheres tristis in nestboxes and natural sites
- Lasers as nonlethal avian repellents
Read more studies about Rose-coloured Starling on Conservation Evidence >
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