Agropsar

Agropsar
Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Agropsar Oates, 1889

Agropsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Sturnus . They were moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2008. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Agropsar sturninus	Daurian starling	eastern Mongolia and south-eastern Russia to North Korea and central China
	Agropsar philippensis	Chestnut-cheeked starling	Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles

References

1. Zuccon, D.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships among Palearctic-Oriental starlings and mynas (genera Sturnus and Acridotheres: Sturnidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x. S2CID   56403448.
2. Lovette, I.J.; McCleery, B.V.; Talaba, A.L.; Rubenstein, D.R. (2008). "A complete species-level molecular phylogeny for the 'Eurasian' starlings (Sturnidae:Sturnus, Acridotheres, and allies): Recent diversification in a highly social and dispersive avian group". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (1): 251–260. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.020. PMID   18321732.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 May 2018.