Red-billed starling
| Red-billed starling | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Spodiopsar |
| Species: | S. sericeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spodiopsar sericeus Gmelin, 1788 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sturnus sericeus | |
The red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in south and southeastern China.
White-cheeked starling and red-billed starling hybrid in Japan. The Japanese Journal of Orinthology has a report about the hybridization about Spodiopsar sericeus and Sturnus cineraceus.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sturnus sericeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Sato, Shigeho; Kimura, Hiroshi; Hirata, Sachi; Yoshiaki, Okai. "A record of interspecific hybridization of the Grey Starling Sturnus cineraceus and the Red-billed Starling Sturnus sericeus in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture". J-STAGE. Japanese Journal of Orinthology. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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