Fiery-browed starling

Fiery-browed starling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Enodes; Temminck, 1839
Species:	E. erythrophris
Binomial name
	Enodes erythrophris; (Temminck, 1824)

The fiery-browed starling or fiery-browed myna

endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi

, mainly living in humid highland forest.

Taxonomy

IOC World Bird List does not recognise any subspecies.^[4]

Description

The fiery-browed starling is 27–29 cm (10.6–11.4 in) long. The male and female are similar. The crown, back, throat, breast and belly are dark grey. A bright reddish-orange

wing coverts covering them being olive-yellow. The rump is golden, and the graduated tail is olive-yellow, with a cream tip. The beak is black, and the legs are yellow.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the island of

forest edges.^[2]

Behaviour

This starling usually occurs in pairs or groups, and sometimes large flocks. It eats invertebrates and fruit, often climbing tree trunks to search for food. Mixed flocks with the Sulawesi myna and grosbeak starling, both also endemic to Sulawesi, have been observed at fruit-bearing trees.^[2] Calls recorded include peeep, tik tik and various guttural notes, and the song is a repeated metallic zeek zeek.^[2]

Status

This species has a small range, and its population appears to be in decline, but the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers that there are no substantial threats and lists it as a least-concern species.^[1]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710997A94271863.en
. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

^
ISBN 9781408135228
.

^ Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1839). Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Vol. 1. p. 108.
^ ^a ^b Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (eds.). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.1. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ Riley, J. H. (1920). "Four new birds from the Philippines and Greater Sunda Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 33: 56.
^ Craig, A.; Feare, C. (2020). "Fiery-browed Starling (Enodes erythrophris)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions.

[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710997A94271863.en
. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[Feare_&_Craig-2] 
ISBN 9781408135228
.

[3] Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1839). Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Vol. 1. p. 108.

[IOC-4] Gill, F.; Donsker, D. (eds.). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.1. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

[5] Riley, J. H. (1920). "Four new birds from the Philippines and Greater Sunda Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 33: 56.

[hbw-6] Craig, A.; Feare, C. (2020). "Fiery-browed Starling (Enodes erythrophris)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions.

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