Category:Aplonis - BirdForum Opus

Metallic Starling
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Genus: Aplonis

Description

Glossy Starlings native to Australasia and Pacific Ocean Islands. Several species from islands are extinct or close to extinction.
Most species have a glossy black plumage, the colours only seen from certain angles.
Their eyes are often red or yellow. Juveniles are generally streaked on the underparts.

Taxonomy

Aplonis is a genus in the family Sturnidae.
There is some controversy about the genus name which is sometimes also spelled Aplornis.

Genus Aplonis view • edit
A. metallica	Metallic Starling
A. mystacea	Yellow-eyed Starling
A. crassa	Tanimbar Starling
A. feadensis	Atoll Starling
A. insularis	Rennell Starling
A. magna	Long-tailed Starling
A. brunneicapillus	White-eyed Starling
A. grandis	Brown-winged Starling
A. dichroa	Makira Starling
A. zelandica	Rusty-winged Starling
A. striata	Striated Starling
A. pelzelni	Pohnpei Starling
A. cantoroides	Singing Starling
A. santovestris	Mountain Starling
A. panayensis	Asian Glossy Starling
A. mysolensis	Moluccan Starling
A. minor	Short-tailed Starling
A. opaca	Micronesian Starling
A. tabuensis	Polynesian Starling
A. atrifusca	Samoan Starling
A. corvina	Kosrae Starling
A. cinerascens	Rarotonga Starling
A. mavornata	Mysterious Starling
A. fusca	Norfolk Starling

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Aplonis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Aplonis