Metallic starling

Metallic starling
At Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species:
A. metallica
Binomial name
Aplonis metallica
(Temminck, 1824)

The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Aplonis metallica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181767865A179195036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181767865A179195036.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.