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Aplonis
Sign in to saveAplonis is a genus of starlings. These are essentially island species of Indonesia and Oceania, although some species' ranges extend to the Malay Peninsula, southern Vietnam and northeastern Queensland. The typical adult Aplonis starling is fairly uniformly plumaged in black, brown or dark green, sometimes with a metallic gloss. The eye ring is often distinctively coloured. Immatures of several species have dark streaked pale underparts.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 82
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UAZ, ANWC, USNM, TCWC
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, American Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
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Aplonis is a genus of starlings. These are essentially island species of Indonesia and Oceania, although some species' ranges extend to the Malay Peninsula, southern Vietnam and northeastern Queensland. The typical adult Aplonis starling is fairly uniformly plumaged in black, brown or dark green, sometimes with a metallic gloss. The eye ring is often distinctively coloured. Immatures of several species have dark streaked pale underparts.
Several species have restricted ranges, and, like other island endemics, have become endangered or extinct as a result of habitat loss or introduced mammals such as rats.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aplonis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.