Pastor roseus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), also known as the rose-coloured starling, is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. The species was restored to its own monotypic genus Pastor in 2008, formerly being included in a wide interpretation of the genus Sturnus. This split is supported by further studies, with its closest relative now thought to be the wattled starling (Creatophora cinerea) of tropical Africa, with these two then closest to a large group of Asian starlings and mynas.
The rosy starling was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus roseus. Linnaeus gave the type locality as Lapland and Switzerland. It is now the only species placed in the genus Pastor that was introduced by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1815. The species is monotypic, with no subspecies being recognised. The genus name and the old English name come from the Latin pastor meaning "shepherd", and by extension a pastor. The specific roseus is Latin for "rose-coloured".
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajkot | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Surat | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jaipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Tashkent | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | ZooTampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Starling sighting in Vasai-Virar on a given day, based on 456 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 49th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Starling in Vasai-Virar on a given day, against under 5% in May and June, the lowest months. Those are among Vasai-Virar's driest months, with almost no rain against 840 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rosy Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 46 cities where we can rate Rosy Starling sightings, Vasai-Virar ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Rajkot (India, about 30%).
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Rosy Starling that you can see in Vasai-Virar (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Indian Pied Starling (about 70%) and Bank Myna (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rosy Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Vasai-Virar (456 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
