Asian Glossy Starling
Aplonis panayensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 5,882
- Most observed in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, northeastern India (Assam), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It has also been introduced to Taiwan.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Asian glossy starling”.