Pacific Starlings
Aplonis
Aplonis is a genus of starlings. These are essentially island species of Indonesia, Oceania and Australasia, although some species' ranges extend to the Malay Peninsula, southern Vietnam and northeastern Queensland. The typical adult Aplonis starling is fairly uniformly plumaged in black, brown or dark green, sometimes with a metallic gloss. The eye ring is often distinctively coloured. Immatures of several species have dark streaked pale underparts.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Asian Glossy Starling
speciesAplonis panayensis
Metallic Starling
speciesAplonis metallica
Micronesian Starling
speciesAplonis opaca
Singing Starling
speciesAplonis cantoroides
Short-tailed Starling
speciesAplonis minor
Polynesian Starling
speciesAplonis tabuensis
Striated Starling
speciesAplonis striata
Moluccan Starling
speciesAplonis mysolensis
Samoan Starling
speciesAplonis atrifusca
Brown-winged Starling
speciesAplonis grandis
Rarotonga Starling
speciesAplonis cinerascens
Long-tailed Starling
speciesAplonis magna
Yellow-eyed Starling
speciesAplonis mystacea
Tanimbar Starling
speciesAplonis crassa
Makira Starling
speciesAplonis dichroa
Atoll Starling
speciesAplonis feadensis
Rennell Starling
speciesAplonis insularis
Huahine Starling
speciesAplonis diluvialis
Raiatea Starling
speciesAplonis ulietensis
Mysterious Starling
speciesAplonis mavornata
Tasman Starling
speciesAplonis fusca
White-eyed Starling
speciesAplonis brunneicapillus
Rusty-winged Starling
speciesAplonis zelandica
Kosrae Starling
speciesAplonis corvina
Mountain Starling
speciesAplonis santovestris
Pohnpei Starling
speciesAplonis pelzelni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14943.