Moluccan Starling
Aplonis mysolensis(Gray, GR, 1862)
English (US) Moluccan Starling
The Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) 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: eastern Sulawesi, including Banggai and Sula Islands; Moluccas and west Papuan islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aplonis mysolensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Moluccan Starling
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calornis mysolensis
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
- Type locality
- Misol.
- 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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