Rusty-winged Starling

Rusty-winged Starling
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.

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