Chestnut-cheeked starling

Chestnut-cheeked starling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Agropsar
Species:	A. philippensis
Binomial name
Agropsar philippensis (Pennant, 1781)
Synonyms
Sturnia philippensis Sturnus philippensis

The chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles; ^[2] it winters in Taiwan, the Philippines and northern Borneo.

The chestnut-cheeked starling was previously placed in the genus Sturnus . It was moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2008. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Agropsar philippensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22710874A131960017. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710874A131960017.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "ЯПОНСКИЙ (КРАСНОЩЕКИЙ) СКВОРЕЦ".
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.