Rusty-winged starling

Rusty-winged starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species: A. zelandica
Binomial name
Aplonis zelandica
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

The rusty-winged starling (Aplonis zelandica) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in the Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss arising from the deriving force of human overpopulation.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Aplonis zelandica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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