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Differences in the Characteristics of Male and Female White Starlings

White starling ( Acridotheres melanopterus / Sturnus melanopterus ) which in the international language is called black-winged starling, is one of the many types of starlings in Indonesia. The population of white starlings can be found on the islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali and Lombok.

White starling feathers are very beautiful and beautiful, dominated by pure white and added a little black on the tip of the tail and wings. A glimpse of white starling can be said to be similar to Bali starling. The difference is only found in the area around the eyes of white starlings which are yellow, while on the starlings around the eyes are blue.

Differences in the Characteristics of Male and Female White Starlings

It is difficult to distinguish between male white starlings and females. We must pay close attention to it in order to distinguish it. There are several characteristics or characteristics that can be used as guidelines to see the differences between male and female white starlings. The following will explain the characteristics possessed by male white starlings.


  1. Male white starlings aged 2 to 3 months (still puppies) have a larger body and head, and a longer and erect posture.
  2. If the male white starch is held it will emit a sound that sounds like a 'kek' sound. In addition, in the area around the eyes of male white starlings will be more concentrated yellow.
  3. When male white starlings are around 1 to 1.5 years old (adult), the anal area will be purplish blue.


While the characteristics of female white starlings are the opposite of the characteristics possessed by male white starlings, namely:

  1. Female white starlings aged 2 to 3 months have smaller bodies and heads, and shorter body postures than male white starlings.
  2. If the female white starling is held will emit a sound that sounds like a 'tickling' and the yellow color in the area around the eyes of the white female starling is faded. To see if the yellow color in the area around the eyes of white starlings is more concentrated or faded, it can be done by looking in the sun.
  3. When female white starlings are around 1 to 1.5 years old, the anal area will be reddish white. This will be increasingly apparent when entering the mating season.


Till male white starlings that have a larger body and head, and a longer and erect body posture, will remain the same until they enter adulthood. Likewise, the opposite happens to female white starlings entering adulthood or their siapan, their bodies and heads still grow smaller than male white starlings.

There is one more characteristic that can be used as a benchmark for distinguishing female and male white starlings. If you pay close attention under the hot sun, when the male white starch opens his mouth wide, you will see the inside of his mouth that is more yellow than the inside of the mouth of the female white starling.

Differentiating the sex of white starlings is very important to do so that you can proceed to the process or how to treat it. Moreover, the sound of male white starlings is more melodious and beautiful than the sound issued by female white starlings. The sound of male white starlings is also more noisy and loud than the sounds of female white starlings.

Those are some special characteristics or characteristics that you can use as guidelines to distinguish male and female white starlings. Hopefully this article is useful for you lovers of white starlings.

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