SOChHO (sturnidae), yak oilai parrandahost az qatori Rasserifornies. Darozii tanashon 18—43 sm, nulashon rosti nisbatan borik, poyhoyashon boquvvat. Parhoyashon zich buda, aksaran jiloi metalli dorand. Dar surokhihoi darakht, zeri sang, binoho va gayra lona mesozand. Hayvonhoi bemuhrai khurd va mevai darakhthoro mekhurand. 104 namudashon malum ast, asosan dar tropik va subtropikhoi Nimkurai sharqi zindagi mekunand. Dar SSSR 8 va dar Tojikiston 3 namudashon (Sochhoi muqarrari, Sochhoii gulobi va mayna) ba qayd girifta shudaast. Sochhoi muqarrari (stunusvilgaris) dar jangalzo ri kuhii qismi janubi va shimolii Tojikiston pahn shudaast. Dar binoho va bazan kovokihoi darakht lona sokhta, 5—6 dona tukhm meguzorad. Badi 14—15 ruz az tukhm chuja mebaroyad. Sochhoi g u l o b i (Rastorroseus) ba Tojikiston okhirhoi aprel az Hinduston parida omada, dar joyhoi sanglokhi qatorkuhhoi Qarotegin, Hisor, Turkiston, inchunin jarihoi balandi jangaldori qismi janubii respublika lona mesozad. Badi barovardani chuja okhirhoi avgust va sentyabr parida meravad.
Adabiyot: Porteyako L. A., Ptisi SSSR, chast. 4, 1960; Abdusalimov I. A„ Fauna Tadjikskoy SSR, tom 19, 2 Ptisi, 1973. I. A. Abdusalomov.