Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Agropsar philippensis(Pennant, T, 1781)
English (US) Chestnut-cheeked Starling
The Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sturnidae (Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds southern Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, and northern Japan; winters to Philippines, Sulawesi, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Agropsar philippensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla Philippensis
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1781)
- Type locality
- Philippines (Based on Brisson III p. 446 pl. 22 fig. 3)
- Original description
- Indische Zoologie oder systematischer Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien (etc.) p.41
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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