White-shouldered starling
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Sturnia |
| Species: | S. sinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Sturnus sinensis | |
The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a
Taxonomy
The white-shouldered starling was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the orioles in the genus Oriolus and coined the binomial name Oriolus sinensis.[2] The specific epithet sinensis is Modern Latin for "Chinese".[3] Gmelin based his description on "Le Kink" from China that had been described in 1775 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux.[4] A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published to accompany Buffon's text.[5]
The white-shouldered starling was formerly placed in the genus
Description
The white-shouldered starling has blue eyes, a grey bill, and a white patch on the shoulder. The adult male has a light brown head and breast and a white belly while an adult female is darker brown on the back and belly. This bird is usually found in large flocks.[8]
Distribution and habitat
The bird can be found in Asian countries including Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.[9] Common names for the white-shouldered starling are gray-backed myna, Chinese myna, Chinese starling, and Mandarin myna.[9]
Conservation status
The conservation status of the white-shouldered starling is that of "Least Concern".[10]
References
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 394.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1775). "Le Kink". Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale. p. 253.
- Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie (1765–1783). "Le Kink, de la Chine". Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 7. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. Plate 617.
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- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "White-shouldered Starling - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ^ a b "White-shouldered Starlings | Beauty of Birds". www.beautyofbirds.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis) - BirdLife species factsheet". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- BirdLife International 2004. Sturnus sinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.