Singing Starling
Aplonis cantoroides(Gray, GR, 1862)
English (US) Singing Starling
The Singing Starling (Aplonis cantoroides) 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: New Guinea including Aru Islands, northwestern Torres Strait islands (northeastern Australia), Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aplonis cantoroides
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Singing Starling
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calornis cantoroides
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
- Type locality
- Mysol.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.3 p.431
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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