Aplonis brunneicapillus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: It has been recorded breeding colonially in both lowland swamp and hill forest . It is not known whether it usually nests in isolated trees or whether colonies were originally in closed forest7. Foraging birds have been recorded in forest, forest edge and second growth, feeding on fruit, sometimes in flocks2,11,12.

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List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.8     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aplonis brunneicapilla • Aplonis brunneicapilla (Danis) • Aplonis brunneicapilla (Danis) , 1938 • Aplonis brunneicapilla (Danis, 1938) • Aplonis brunneicapillus (Danis, 1938)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aplonis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. atrifusca (Samoan Starling) · A. brunneicapilla (White-Eyed Starling) · A. brunneicapillus (White-Eyed Starling) · A. cantoroides (Singing Starling) · A. cantoroides aplonis (Singing Starling) · A. cinerascens (Raratonga Starling) · A. corvina (Kosrae Mountain Starling) · (Tanimbar Starling) · A. dichroa (San Cristobal Starling) · A. feadensis (Fead Islands Starling) · A. fusca (Norfolk & Lord Howe Island Starling) · A. fusca fusca (Norfolk & Lord Howe Island Starling) · A. grandis (Large Glossy Starling) · A. grandis grandis (Large Glossy Starling) · A. insularis (Rennell Island Starling) · A. magna (Long-Tailed Starling) · A. mavornata (Mauke Island Starling) · A. metallica (Metallic Starling) · A. minor (Lesser Glossy Starling) · A. minor minor (Lesser Glossy Starling) · A. mysolensis (Moluccan Starling) · A. mysolensis mysolensis (Moluccan Starling) · A. mystacea (Yellow-Eyed Starling) · A. opaca (Micronesian Starling) · A. opaca opaca (Micronesian Starling) · A. panayensis (Philippine Glossy Starling) · A. panayensis panayensis (Philippine Glossy Starling) · A. pelzelni (Pohnpie Mountain Starling) · A. santovestris (Santo Mountain Starling) · A. striata (Striated Starling) · A. striata striata (New Caledonian Starling) · A. tabuensis (Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis brevirostris (Samoan Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis brunnescens (Nuien Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis rotumae (Rotuman Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis tabuensis (Polynesian Starling) · A. zelandica (New Hebrides Starling) · A. zelandica zelandica (Rusty-Winged Starling)

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Further Reading

• Amadon, D. 1943. The genera of starlings and their relationships. American Museum Novitates 1247.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Beecher, W. J. 1945. A bird collection from the Solomon Islands. Fieldiana Zoology 31: 31-37.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Blaber, S. J. M. 1990. A checklist and notes on the current status of birds of New Georgia, Western Province, Solomon Islands. Emu 90: 205-214.
• Buckingham, D. L.; Dutson, G. C. L.; Newman, J. L. 1995. Birds of Manus, Kolombangara and Makira (San Cristobal) with notes on mammals and records from other Solomon Islands.
• Cain, A. J.; Galbraith, I. C. J. 1956. Field notes on the birds of the eastern Solomon Islands. Ibis 98: 100-134, 262-295.
• Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea, 2: passerines. Dove, Alderley, Australia.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
• Danis, V. 1938. Étude d'une nouvelle collection d'oiseaux de l'île Bougainville. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 10: 43-47.
• Finch, B. W. 1986. The Aplonis starlings of the Solomon Islands. Muruk 1: 3-16.
• Gibbs, D. 1996. Notes on Solomon Island birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 116: 18-25.
• Kaestner, P. 1987. Some observations from lowland swamp forest in south Bougainville. Muruk 2(1): 34-38.
• van Oosten, J. R.; Wyant, D. 1999. Interim report of the bird life in the Komarindi catchment conservation area.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2008. Aplonis brunneicapillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4999
• IUCN ID: 192074
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029713

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2008. Aplonis brunneicapillus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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