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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Vanuatutr
Common Names in Dutch:
Berg-Purperspreeuw, Bergpurperspreeuw
Common Names in English:
Mountain Starling, Santo mountain starling, Santo Starling, Vanuatu Starling
Common Names in Finnish:
Espiritusantonkottarainen
Common Names in French:
Stourne d'Espiritu Santo
Common Names in German:
Rostb, Rostbürzelstar
Common Names in Italian:
Storno Dell'isola Di Spirito Santo
Common Names in Japanese:
Yamakarasumodoki, ヤマカラスモドキ
Common Names in Latin:
Aplonis santovestris
Common Names in Polish:
Skworczyk G
Common Names in Spanish:
Estornino Monta
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It forages
in singles and pairs in the understorey of cloud-forest
above 1,200 m
on the highest peaks. It is rarely recorded more than
6 m above the ground
and is reported to nest
in holes
low down
in
trees1,3,7.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
()
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aplonis santovestris Harrisson & Marshall, 1937
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aplonis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. atrifusca (Samoan Starling) · A. brunneicapilla (White-Eyed Starling) · A. brunneicapillus (White-Eyed Starling) · A. cantoroides (Singing Starling) · A. cantoroides aplonis (Singing Starling) · A. cinerascens (Raratonga Starling) · A. corvina (Kosrae Mountain Starling) · (Tanimbar Starling) · A. dichroa (San Cristobal Starling) · A. feadensis (Fead Islands Starling) · A. fusca (Norfolk & Lord Howe Island Starling) · A. fusca fusca (Norfolk & Lord Howe Island Starling) · A. grandis (Large Glossy Starling) · A. grandis grandis (Large Glossy Starling) · A. insularis (Rennell Island Starling) · A. magna (Long-Tailed Starling) · A. mavornata (Mauke Island Starling) · A. metallica (Metallic Starling) · A. minor (Lesser Glossy Starling) · A. minor minor (Lesser Glossy Starling) · A. mysolensis (Moluccan Starling) · A. mysolensis mysolensis (Moluccan Starling) · A. mystacea (Yellow-Eyed Starling) · A. opaca (Micronesian Starling) · A. opaca opaca (Micronesian Starling) · A. panayensis (Philippine Glossy Starling) · A. panayensis panayensis (Philippine Glossy Starling) · A. pelzelni (Pohnpie Mountain Starling) · A. santovestris (Santo Mountain Starling) · A. striata (Striated Starling) · A. striata striata (New Caledonian Starling) · A. tabuensis (Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis brevirostris (Samoan Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis brunnescens (Nuien Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis rotumae (Rotuman Polynesian Starling) · A. tabuensis tabuensis (Polynesian Starling) · A. zelandica (New Hebrides Starling) · A. zelandica zelandica (Rusty-Winged Starling)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 70.
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 490.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 300, p. 347.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 226, p. 226.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Aplonis santovestris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4977
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558725
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558725
- IUCN ID: 192093
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 757
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2009. Aplonis santovestris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
