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[[Image:RarotongaStarling3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marcus Lawson. Taken - Rarotonga, Cook Islands ]] | [[Image:RarotongaStarling3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marcus Lawson. Taken - Rarotonga, Cook Islands ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | This bird has yellow eyes and a dark brownish-grey plumage with a pale area under the tail. The legs, feet and bill are black. Its voice is a whistling ''ee-oi, ee-oi'' call. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | It is endemic to the [[Cook Islands]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Subtropical or tropical moist montanes | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | It is either alone or in pairs; its diet is nectar, fruit and insects. | ||
+ | The Rarotonga starling is a territorial bird, and it returns to the same nest to breed year after year. Eggs are laid between August and December. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Aplonis+cinerascens}} | {{GSearch|Aplonis+cinerascens}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] |
Revision as of 14:02, 20 September 2007
- Aplonis cinerascens
Identification
This bird has yellow eyes and a dark brownish-grey plumage with a pale area under the tail. The legs, feet and bill are black. Its voice is a whistling ee-oi, ee-oi call.
Distribution
It is endemic to the Cook Islands.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist montanes
Behaviour
It is either alone or in pairs; its diet is nectar, fruit and insects. The Rarotonga starling is a territorial bird, and it returns to the same nest to breed year after year. Eggs are laid between August and December.