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Noun: rose-coloured starling
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: rose-colored starling)
  1. Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
    "Rose-coloured starlings migrate in large flocks across Europe"; "rose-coloured starlings migrate in large flocks across Europe";
    - rose-colored starling [US], rose-colored pastor [US], Pastor sturnus, Pastor roseus, rose-coloured pastor [Brit, Cdn], rosy starling

Derived forms: rose-coloured starlings

Type of: starling

Part of: Pastor, subgenus Pastor

Encyclopedia: Rose-coloured starling