Atoll starling
Atoll starling | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Aplonis |
Species: | A. feadensis |
Binomial name | |
Aplonis feadensis (Ramsay, 1882) |
The atoll starling (Aplonis feadensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in northern Melanesia: Green Islands, Nuguria, Ninigo, Hermit Islands and Ontong Java Atoll. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species apparently nests in holes in trees.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Aplonis feadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710531A131958202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710531A131958202.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bishop, K. David; Muller Hacking, Sue (2020). "Avifauna of the Ninigo, Hermit, Sae and Kaniet Islands, and adjacent seas, Papua New Guinea". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (4): 404–422. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i4.2020.a5.