Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Long-tailed Starling
Common Names in French:
Stourne à longue queue
Common Names in German:
Geelvinkstar
Common Names in Japanese:
オナガカラスモドキ
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aplonis magna (Schlegel, 1871)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
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
- ANIMALIA
- 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.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Aplonis magna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- 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.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4997
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558718
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14169794
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558718
- IUCN ID: 192084
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129508
