Biology:Agropsar

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Short description: Genus of birds

Agropsar
Purple-backed Starling.jpg
Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Agropsar
Oates, 1889

Agropsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Sturnus. They were moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2008.[1][2][3]

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Purple-backed Starling.jpg Agropsar sturninus Daurian starling eastern Mongolia and south-eastern Russia to North Korea and central China
Sturnus philippensis.jpg Agropsar philippensis Chestnut-cheeked starling Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles

References

  1. 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 (5): 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nuthatch/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3759722 entry