White-shouldered Starling
Sturnia sinensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) White-shouldered Starling
The White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis) 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 China to Indochina; winters to southeastern Asia and northern PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sturnia sinensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-shouldered Starling
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oriolus sinensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- China.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] 1 pt1 p.394
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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