Species profile
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica
Quick answer
Local name Man Sinèm (Sansundi). Range A. m. inornata Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor; A. m. metallica Yapen, Mios Num. Beehler & Pratt (2016) incorrectly listed Biak under metallica as well as inornata. Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and seen by nearly all visitors. Widespread and common in scrub with remnant forest trees, tall secondary woodland and forest edge. 13 January 1994: 30 on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000), where also seen by Gibbs (1993).
- Scientific name
- Aplonis metallica
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Aplonis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor)
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- Atoll Starling (Aplonis feadensis)
- Babbling Starling (Neocichla gutturalis)