Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor)

Other Names (World)
Short-tailed Starling, Lesser Starling, Short-tailed Glossy Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Philippines (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Southern Philippines (Mindanao), central and southern Sulawesi (and islands of southern coasts), islands in Flores Sea (Tanahjampea, Kayuadi, Kaleo, Kaleotoa), Java, Bali and Lesser Sundas (east to Roma and Moa).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor) [XC31350]
by Desmond Allen from Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Indonesia (song)

Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor) [XC38337]
by Bruno Durand from Bedugul, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Genus name sometimes given as Aplornis. Birds from Mindanao sometimes separated as subspecies todayensis. Further study is required.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

minor (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Lesser Sundas and southern Philippines (Mindanao).
todayensis (Mearns, 1905) - Mindanao (southern Philippines).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor) - 10 files

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