Polynesian Starling

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sturnidae

Genus

Aplonis

eBird Code

polsta1

Subspecies (12)

• Aplonis tabuensis brevirostris

  Samoa

• Aplonis tabuensis brunnescens

  Niue Island (Cook Islands)

• Aplonis tabuensis fortunae

  Futuna, Alofa, Uea, and Horne islands (central Polynesia)

• Aplonis tabuensis manuae

  Manua Islands (American Samoa)

• Aplonis tabuensis nesiotes

  Niuafou Island (central Polynesia)

• Aplonis tabuensis pachyrhampha

  Reef, Swallow, and Tinakula islands (Santa Cruz Group)

• Aplonis tabuensis rotumae

  Rotuma (far northern Fiji)

• Aplonis tabuensis tabuensis

  southern Tonga and Lau Archipelago

• Aplonis tabuensis tenebrosa

  Keppel and Boscawen islands (central Polynesia)

• Aplonis tabuensis tucopiae

  Tikopia (southeastern Temotu, southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Aplonis tabuensis tutuilae

  Tutuila (American Samoa)

• Aplonis tabuensis vitiensis

  Fiji (except Rotuma)