Aplonis

Weber Star ( Aplonis metallica )

The Sing starlings, also referred to as Aplonis starlings, are a species of bird from the family of starlings. Its distribution extends from Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Australis up to French Polynesia. The size ranges from 18 centimeters at Sundastar ( Aplonis minor) to 26 centimeters at the Samoa -Star ( Aplonis atrifusca ). The plumage of the adult bird is colored fairly consistent, with the coloring of black, brown, dark green may vary to dark gray. Occasionally, the feathers have a metallic luster. The eye ring is colored often striking. The juvenile birds of some species have dunkelgestrichelte bright undersides.

Endangering

Several SingStar species, including the Rostbürzelstar and the Rarotonga -Star, is restricted to islands in Oceania. Its stock has declined by over-hunting, by habitat loss and by predation by rats. The Kosrae SingStar ( Aplonis corvina ), the simplicity Star ( Aplonis mavornata ) and the Lord Howe star ( fusca Aplonis hulliana ) have been eradicated within a short time by rats. The Norfolk -Star ( Aplonis fusca ) died in 1923 probably by over-hunting and habitat destruction. The Pelzelnstar ( Aplonis pelzelni ) was last seen in 1995 and is probably also extinct. The Huahine -Star ( Aplonis diluvialis ) and a previously undescribed species of the Melanesian island Erromango are known only from subfossil bone finds.

System

Currently, 21 extant species can be distinguished:

  • Weber Star ( Aplonis metallica )
  • Mimikastar ( Aplonis mystacea )
  • Siedelstar ( Aplonis cantoroides )
  • Tanimbarese -Star ( Aplonis crassa )
  • Atoll Star ( Aplonis feadensis )
  • Rennell -Star ( Aplonis insularis )
  • Geelvinkstar ( Aplonis magna)
  • White Eye Star ( Aplonis brunneicapillus )
  • Caroline Star ( Aplonis opaca )
  • Thick-billed Starling ( Aplonis striata )
  • Collar Star ( Aplonis grandis)
  • Malays Star ( Aplonis panayensis )
  • Moluccas Star ( Aplonis mysolensis )
  • Pelzelnstar ( Aplonis pelzelni ) (extremely rare or extinct )
  • Sundastar ( Aplonis minor)
  • South Sea Star ( Aplonis tabuensis )
  • Rostbürzelstar ( Aplonis santovestris )
  • San Cristobal -Star ( Aplonis dichroa )
  • Samoa -Star ( Aplonis atrifusca )
  • Rarotonga -Star ( Aplonis cinerascens )
  • Stainless Wing Starfighter ( Aplonis zelandica )

As an extinct apply:

  • Kosrae SingStar ( Aplonis corvina ) (first half of the 19th century )
  • Norfolk -Star ( Aplonis fusca ) (ca. 1923) Lord Howe star ( fusca Aplonis hulliana ) (ca. 1919)

Unsecured assignment:

  • Turdus ulietensis (or Ulieta choke ), only by a drawing by Georg Forster from 1774 known. According to Storrs Lovejoy Olson or Paläornithologen as David William Steadman taxon probably belongs to the genus Aplonis
John Gould Australasian ecozone
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