Finch-billed Myna

The grosbeak starling (Scissirostrum dubium), also known as the grosbeak myna, finch-billed myna, or scissor-billed starling, belongs to starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic in the genus Scissirostrum. This species nests in colonies, which frequently contain hundreds of pairs. Its nests are bored in rotting or dying tree trunks in woodpecker style. Grosbeak starlings are highly vocal, at their colonies and in feeding flocks. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The grosbeak starling received its first scientific description by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 under the binomial name Lanius dubium. Its natural range is restricted to Sulawesi, Indonesia, where its natural habitat is tropical lowland, and sometimes subtropical montane, lightly wooded forest areas and wetlands. New populations, derived from escaped cagebirds, have been found breeding in Kalimantan in Borneo, and in Java. (Wikipedia, general species account).