Spodiopsar
Appearance
Spodiopsar | |
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Red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus ) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Spodiopsar Sharpe, 1889 |
Type species | |
Sturnus sericeus[1] Gmelin, 1789
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Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.
Species
The genus contains two species.[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Spodiopsar sericeus | Red-billed starling | south and southeastern China. | |
Spodiopsar cineraceus | White-cheeked starling | central and north-east India, China, Korea, Japan and south-east Siberia |
References
- ^ "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 May 2018.