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Aplonis grandis (Brown-winged Starling)

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Aplonis grandis

Infraspecies

Aplonis grandis grandis
Aplonis grandis macrura
Aplonis grandis malaitae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.62711
EDGE Score: 1.53193
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  134 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Solomon Islands rain forests Solomon Islands Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Yes

Prey / Diet

Cananga odorata (ilang-ilang)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pteropus tonganus (Pacific flying fox)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Galbraith, ICJ & Galbraith, EH 1962. Land birds of Guadalcanal and the San Cristoval Group, Eastern Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 9, 1-86
♦ 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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