Biology:Spodiopsar

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Short description: Genus of birds

Spodiopsar
Calling Spodiopsar sericeus.jpg
Red-billed starling
(Spodiopsar sericeus )
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Spodiopsar
Sharpe, 1889
Type species
Sturnus sericeus[1]

Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Spodiopsar was introduced in 1889 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. The name was to replace Poliopsar, introduced by Sharpe in 1888, which was preoccupied by Poliopsar Cassin, 1867.[2][3][4] Sharpe subsequently designated the type species as Sturnus sericeus J.F. Gmelin, 1789, the red-billed starling.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".[6]

The genus contains two species.[7]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Spodiopsar sericeus Flower Lover.jpg Spodiopsar sericeus Red-billed starling south and southeastern China
Whitecheekedstarling.jpg Spodiopsar cineraceus White-cheeked starling central and north-east India, China, Korea, Japan and south-east Siberia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q604910 entry