Also known as black starling, a bird of the genus starling family. The body is large, 23-28cm long, black throughout, with a long and vertical feather cluster on the forehead, resembling a crown. The tail feathers and the overlying feathers under the tail have white end spots. The mouth is milky yellow and the feet are yellow. Sounds like starling, trained to imitate human language, is a famous cage bird. It feeds on insects such as locusts and flies, and also eats plant foods such as grains, plant fruits and seeds. It is a social bird that likes to move with its peers. It will form a group of dozens to hundreds of birds, forage and inhabit together, and maintain the relationship between the groups through complex communication methods.