Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Chestnut-cheeked Starling*
Id (Atlas):
Agropsar philippensis
Description (10 )
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
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Other Names (World)
Chestnut-cheeked Starling, Red-cheeked Starling, Violet-backed Starling, Japanese Small Starling, Red-cheeked Myna
Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)
Size
16.50 - 17 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Forster, 1781)
Habitat
Temperate forest, urban areas, plantations, arable land. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland) (NB), Indonesia (NB), Japan (B) (NB), Malaysia, Philippines (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Singapore, Taiwan (China) (NB).
Vagrant to Hong Kong (China), North Korea, Palau, South Korea (NB).
Breeds on southern Sakhalin, Japan (S, including offshore islands of Rishiri-to, Teuri-jima and Sado, to central Honshu), southern Kuril Is (southern from Iturup), and Askold I (off Vladivostok, in south-eastern Russia). Non-breeding Ryukyu Is, Philippines and northern Borneo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)... )
Listen to XC267608
Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis ) [XC267608 ]
by Albert Lastukhin from Khasan, Khasanskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (call, song)
Listen to XC267607
Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis ) [XC267607 ]
by Albert Lastukhin from Khasan, Khasanskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Purple-backed Starling (Agropsar sturninus ).
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Chestnut-cheeked Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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