Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Agropsar philippensis
紫背椋鸟
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles; winters in Taiwan, the Philippines and northern Borneo.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Genus
- Agropsar
- eBird Code
- chcsta1
Distribution
breeds southern Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, and northern Japan; winters to Philippines, Sulawesi, and Borneo
Vocalizations
Timur Kalininsky · CC_BY_4_0
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.