Brown-winged starling

The brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Brown-winged starling
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Aplonis grandis
(Salvadori, 1881)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Aplonis grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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