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Rosy Starling (गुलाबी मैना) - Pastor roseus Taken on January 15, 2018 Location: Sanjivini Nagar, Jabalpur, India (Latitude: 23.172826, Longitude: 79.881881)   Rosy Starling (गुलाबी मैना) are highly gregarious birds, social birds, and often form large, noisy flocks, which can on occasion be a pest for growers of cereal crops or orchards; the birds are strongly attracted to flowering trees.  They are also common in agricultural areas. However, they are also greatly beneficial to farmers as they prey on pests such as locusts and grasshoppers, thereby limiting their numbers. The birds breed in tight colonies in a very short breeding season timed to take advantage of peak abundance of grasshoppers during May to June. Rosy Starling गुलाबी मैना (Pastor roseus) are long-distance migrants, and winter in Africa and southern Asia. They return to their breeding grounds in Europe and Asia in the spring. The male's rosy pink plumage is unmistakable, but the female an...