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Red-billed starling

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Red-billed starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Spodiopsar
Species:
S. sericeus
Binomial name
Spodiopsar sericeus
Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms

Sturnus sericeus

The red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

White-cheeked starling and red-billed starling hybrid in Japan. The Japanese Journal of Orinthology has a report about the hybridization about Spodiopsar sericeus and Sturnus cineraceus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Sato, Shigeho; Kimura, Hiroshi; Hirata, Sachi; Yoshiaki, Okai. "A record of interspecific hybridization of the Grey Starling Sturnus cineraceus and the Red-billed Starling Sturnus sericeus in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture". J-STAGE. Japanese Journal of Orinthology. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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