Vinous-breasted starling
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Acridotheres |
| Species: | A. burmannicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acridotheres burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862)
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Vinous-breasted Starling
The vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.[2]
Taxonomy[]
Two subspecies are recognized: A. b. burmannicus Jerdon 1862, and A. b. leucocephalus Salvadori & Giglioli 1870.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the early 2000s it has become an invasive species in Israel, alongside the common myna that invaded a few years earlier. Both populations seem to have started from individuals that escaped from a bird park in Tel Aviv.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Acridotheres burmannicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103870359A94266502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103870359A94266502.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Acridotheres burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862)". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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