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