An uncommon winter migrant mainly to the dry lowlands and particularly to the coastal areas.
Rosy Starling is a highly gregarious and noisy bird spends much of its time on the ground, feeding on insects, fruits,berries, nectar and grains. During its stay in
Sri Lanka it inhabits grasslands, cultivation, home gardens and forests. It is an irregular winter visitor appears in large numbers in some years and almost absent in some other years. Large numbers gather to roost communally to a selected tree or a large shrub during the night. It breeds in
East Europe and
Middle East and almost entire world population winters in
India and
Sri Lanka. Most of the birds which visits the island appears to be in immature plumage.
