The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.
Daurian starling | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Agropsar |
Species: | A. sturninus |
Binomial name | |
Agropsar sturninus (Pallas, 1776) | |
Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy and systematics edit
The Daurian starling was previously placed in the genus Sturnus. It was moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2008.[2][3][4]
Description edit
The Daurian starling is distinguished from other starling species by its dark mantle and crown and narrow wing bars.[5]
Distribution and habitat edit
The natural habitats of the Daurian starling are boreal forests and temperate forests.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agropsar sturninus.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Agropsar sturninus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710870A94264888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710870A94264888.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Zuccon, D.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships among Palearctic-Oriental starlings and mynas (genera Sturnus and Acridotheres: Sturnidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 37: 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x.
- ^ Lovette, I.J.; McCleery, B.V.; Talaba, A.L.; Rubenstein, D.R. (2008). "A complete species-level molecular phylogeny for the 'Eurasian' starlings (Sturnidae:Sturnus, Acridotheres, and allies): Recent diversification in a highly social and dispersive avian group". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (1): 251–260. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.020. PMID 18321732.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Strange, M. (2002) A photographic guide to birds of southeast Asia: Periplus Editions
- BirdLife International 2004. Sturnus sturninus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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