Rusty-winged Starling

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Rusty-winged Starling is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Rusty-winged Starling (Aplonis zelandica) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Aplonis zelandica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Rusty-winged Starling (Aplonis zelandica) = French: Stourne mélanésien German: Rostflügelstar Spanish: Estornino de Melanesia Other common names: Rufous-winged/New Hebrides Starling Taxonomy: Lamprotornis zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Tasman Bay, New Zealand; error = Vanikoro Island. Genus name sometimes given as Aplornis (see page 659). Three subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution: * maxwellii H. O. More

* Rusty-winged Starling, Aplonis zelandica * Striated Starling, Aplonis striata * Tasman Starling, Aplonis fusca (extinct c.1923) * Norfolk Starling, Aplonis fusca fusca (extinct c.1923) * Lord Howe Starling, Aplonis fusca hulliana (extinct c. More

Rusty-winged Starling Aplonis zelandica 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Near Threatened Justification This poorly known although apparently scarce species is likely to have a moderately small population which is probably undergoing a slow decline owing to habitat degradation, and it is consequently classified as Near Threatened. More

* Rusty-winged Starling, Aplonis zelandica * Striated Starling, Aplonis striata * Mountain Starling, Aplonis santovestris * Asian Glossy Starling, Aplonis panayensis * Moluccan Starling, Aplonis mysolensis * Short-tailed Starling, Aplonis minor * Micronesian Starling, Aplonis opaca * Pohnpei Starling, Aplonis pelzelni * Polynesian Starling, Aplonis tabuensis More

yellow-eyed starling (Aplonis mystacea), rusty-winged starling (Aplonis zelandica), helmeted myna (Basilornis galeatus), Apo myna (Basilornis miranda), Sri Lanka myna (Gracula ptilogenys), copper-tailed glossy-starling (Lamprotornis cupreocauda), and the bare-eyed myna (Streptocitta albertinae). The preponderance of starlings of the genus Aplonis on this list of threatened species is primarily a result of the diversity of this group and the cause of that diversity: isolation on small islands of the South Pacific and Indonesia. With limited habitat, bird populations are also limited. More