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Aplonis  Gould, 1836
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179645

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilySturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 – étourneaux, starlings  
                               GenusAplonis Gould, 1836  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Aplonis atrifusca (Peale, 1849) – Stourne de Samoa, estorninho-da-samoa, estorninho-de-samoa, Estornino de Samoa, Samoan Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis brunneicapillus (Danis, 1938) – White-eyed Starling, Stourne aux yeux blancs, estorninho-de-olho-branco, estorninho-d'olho-branco, Estornino ojiblanco 
                                  Species Aplonis cantoroides (G. R. Gray, 1862) – Stourne chanteur, estorninho-papua, estorninho-cantor, Estornino cantor, Singing Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis cinerascens Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871 – Stourne de Rarotonga, estorninho-de-rarotonga, Estornino de Rarotonga, Rarotonga Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis circumscripta (A. B. Meyer, 1884) – Violet-hooded Starling, Stourne à capuchon pourpre, estorninho-de-capuz-lilás, estorninho-de-capuz-violeta 
                                  Species Aplonis corvina (Kittlitz, 1833) – Stourne de Kusaie, estorninho-de-kosrae, Estornino de Kosrae, Kosrae Mountain Starling, Kosrae Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis crassa (P. L. Sclater, 1883) – Stourne des Tanimbar, estorninho-das-tanimbar, Estornino de las Tanimbar, Tanimbar Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis dichroa (Tristram, 1895) – Stourne de San Cristobal, estorninho-de-makira, Estornino de San Cristóbal, Makira Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis feadensis (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) – Stourne des Fead, estorninho-dos-atóis, Estornino de los atolones, Atoll Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis fusca Gould, 1836 – Stourne de Norfolk, estorninho-da-norfolk, estorninho-de-norfolk, Estornino de la Norfolk, Tasman Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis grandis (Salvadori, 1881) – Stourne des Salomon, estorninho-das-salomão, Estornino de las Salomón, Brown-winged Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis insularis Mayr, 1931 – Stourne de Rennell, estorninho-da-rennell, estorninho-de-rennell, Estornino de la Rennell, Rennell Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis magna (Schlegel, 1871) – Stourne à longue queue, estorninho-rabilongo-de-biak, estorninho-de-biak, Estornino de Biak, Long-tailed Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis mavornata Buller, 1887 – Mauke Starling, Stourne mystérieux, estorninho-de-mauke, estorninho-misterioso, Estrornino misterioso 
                                  Species Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824) – Stourne luisant, estorninho-lustroso, estorninho-metálico, Estornino lustroso, Metallic Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis minor (Bonaparte, 1850) – Stourne à queue courte, estorninho-de-cauda-curta, Estornino colicorto, Short-tailed Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis mysolensis (G. R. Gray, 1862) – Stourne des Moluques, estorninho-das-molucas, Estornino moluqueño, Moluccan Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis mystacea (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) – Stourne de Grant, estorninho-de-olho-amarelo, estorninho-d'olho-amarelo, Estornino ojigualdo, Yellow-eyed Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis opaca (Kittlitz, 1833) – Stourne de Micronésie, estorninho-micronésio, Estornino de Micronesia, Micronesian Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis panayensis (Scopoli, 1786) – Stourne bronzé, estorninho-bronzeado, Estornino bronceado, Asian Glossy Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis pelzelni Finsch, 1876 – Stourne de Ponapé, estorninho-de-ponapé, estorninho-de-pohnpei, Estornino de Ponapé, Pohnpie Mountain Starling, Pohnpei Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis santovestris Harrisson & A. J. Marshall, 1937 – Mountain Starling, Stourne d'Espiritu Santo, estorninho-de-vanuatu, estorninho-de-espírito-santo, Estornino de Espíritu Santo 
                                  Species Aplonis striata (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) – Stourne calédonien, estorninho-da-nova-caledónia, Estornino de Nueva Caledonia, Striated Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis tabuensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) – Stourne de Polynésie, estorninho-polinésio, Estornino de Polinesia, Polynesian Starling 
                                  Species Aplonis zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) – Stourne mélanésien, estorninho-ferrugíneo, estorninho-melanésio, Estornino de Melanesia, Rusty-winged Starling 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Aplonis    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Aplonis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Aplonis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aplonis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
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  Reference for: Aplonis   
       

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