Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Sturnidae > Acridotheres > Acridotheres melanopterusAcridotheres melanopterus (Black-winged Myna; Black-winged Starling)Synonyms: Gracula melanoptera (homotypic); Sturnus melanopterus The black-winged starling (Acridotheres melanopterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The species is also known as the black-winged myna or the white-breasted starling. It is endemic to Indonesia. There are three recognised subspecies: the nominate race, which occurs across much of the island of Java; tricolor, which is restricted to south east Java; and tertius, which is found on Bali and possibly Lombok. The validity of the records on Lombok has been called into question, as there are only a few records and those may represent escapees from the caged-bird trade or natural vagrants. The species has often been assigned to the starling genus Sturnus, but is now placed in Acridotheres because it is behaviourally and vocally closer to the birds in that genus. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.40318 EDGE Score: 3.9973 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | Diet - Fruit [1] | 40 % | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 30 % | Diet - Nectar [1] | 30 % | Forages - Mid-High [1] | 40 % | Forages - Understory [1] | 40 % | Forages - Ground [1] | 20 % | | Clutch Size [2] | 4 |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Bali Barat |
Indonesia |
A1, A4iv |
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Baluran |
Indonesia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish 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 ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 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 |
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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