Rusty-winged Starling | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Aplonis |
Species: | A. zelandica |
Binomial name | |
Aplonis zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) |
The Rusty-winged Starling (Aplonis zelandica) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss arising from the diriving force of human overpopulation.