Gracupica
Gracupica is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia.
| Gracupica | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Gracupica Lesson, 1831 |
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gracupica nigricollis | Black-collared starling | Brunei, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Gracupica contra | Pied myna | Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia |
A 2021 study found that G. contra may represent a species complex of 3 distinct species formerly thought to be subspecies of G. contra: the Indian pied starling (G. contra sensu stricto) from most of the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Yunnan in China; the Thai pied starling (G. floweri) from Thailand and Cambodia, and the possibly extinct in the wild Javan pied starling (G. jalla), historically known from Java and Bali in Indonesia.[1]
References
- Baveja, Pratibha; Garg, Kritika M.; Chattopadhyay, Balaji; Sadanandan, Keren R.; Prawiradilaga, Dewi M.; Yuda, Pramana; Lee, Jessica G. H.; Rheindt, Frank E. "Using historical genome-wide DNA to unravel the confused taxonomy in a songbird lineage that is extinct in the wild". Evolutionary Applications. n/a (n/a). doi:10.1111/eva.13149. ISSN 1752-4571.
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