Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Sturnidae > Aplonis > Aplonis atrifuscaAplonis atrifusca (Samoan Starling)Synonyms: Aplonas atrifusca The Samoan starling (Aplonis atrifusca) is a large starling of the family Sturnidae. It is found in American Samoa and Samoa. The species has a dark brown, glossy appearance, with a long bill. Its natural habitat is tropical moist forest on volcanic islands, where it is common and more conspicuous than the Polynesian starling, which is found in the same habitat. Vocalizations include various whistles and other sounds. This starling feeds on a variety of fruits, especially guava, and insects. Little is known of its mating or social habits, but it appears to nest year-round, in tree cavities. Its eggs are pale blue. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.91117 EDGE Score: 1.36384 |
Adult Weight [1] | 141 grams | Male Weight [3] | 146 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 70 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 20 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 10 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 40 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Samoan tropical moist forests |
Samoa, United States |
Oceania |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Polynesia-Micronesia |
Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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