Metallic Starling

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sturnidae

Genus

Aplonis

eBird Code

metsta1

Subspecies (5)

• Aplonis metallica circumscripta

  Tanimbar Islands (Larat and Kirimoen) and Damar Island

• Aplonis metallica inornata

  Numfor and Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Aplonis metallica metallica

  Moluccas, Sula Islands, New Guinea including Aru Islands, and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula southward to Sarina, northern Queensland)

• Aplonis metallica nitida

  Admiralty Islands (Rambutyo, Tong, and outer Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands

• Aplonis metallica purpureiceps

  Admiralty Islands (Manus and Los Negros Islands)