Biology:White-headed starling

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Short description: Species of bird

White-headed starling
White headed starling (Sturnia erythropygius) May 2013 Neil Island Andaman.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Sturnia
Species:
S. erythropygia
Binomial name
Sturnia erythropygia
Blyth, 1846
Synonyms

Sturnus erythropygius

The white-headed starling (Sturnia erythropygia), also known as the Andaman white-headed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in wooded habitats of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Taxonomy

The white-headed starling was formerly placed in the genus Sturnus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008 found that the genus was polyphyletic.[2] In the reoganization to create monotypic genera, the white-headed starling was one of five starlings moved to the resurrected genus Sturnia that had been introduced in 1837 by René Lesson.[3]

Three subspecies are recognised:[3]

  • S. e. andamanensis (Beavan, 1867) – Andaman Islands
  • S. e. erythropygia Blyth, 1846 – north Nicobar Islands
  • S. e. katchalensis Richmond, 1902 – central Nicobar Islands

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Sturnia erythropygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22710861A132090637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710861A132090637.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710861/132090637. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2023). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nuthatch/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3315496 entry