Red-billed starling

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Red-billed starling
Calling Spodiopsar sericeus.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Spodiopsar
Species:
S. sericeus
Binomial name
Spodiopsar sericeus
Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms

Sturnus sericeus

The red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in south and southeastern China.

White-cheeked starling and red-billed starling hybrid in Japan. The Japanese Journal of Orinthology has a report about the hybridization about Spodiopsar sericeus and Sturnus cineraceus.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Spodiopsar sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710867A132091096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710867A132091096.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sato, Shigeho; Kimura, Hiroshi; Hirata, Sachi; Yoshiaki, Okai (2010). "A record of interspecific hybridization of the Grey Starling Sturnus cineraceus and the Red-billed Starling Sturnus sericeus in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture". Japanese Journal of Ornithology. Japanese Journal of Orinthology. 59: 76–79. doi:10.3838/jjo.59.76. Retrieved 17 August 2015.


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