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Atoll starling

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Species of bird

Atoll starling
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species: A. feadensis
Binomial name
Aplonis feadensis
(Ramsay, 1882)

The atoll starling (Aplonis feadensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in northern Melanesia: Green Islands, Nuguria, Ninigo, Hermit Islands and Ontong Java Atoll. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species apparently nests in holes in trees. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Aplonis feadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710531A131958202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710531A131958202.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Bishop, K. David; Muller Hacking, Sue (2020). "Avifauna of the Ninigo, Hermit, Sae and Kaniet Islands, and adjacent seas, Papua New Guinea". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (4): 404–422. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i4.2020.a5.
Taxon identifiers
Aplonis feadensis


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