Atoll starling | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- 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.
- 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 | |
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Aplonis feadensis |
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