Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Asian Glossy Starling

Sunday 5 October 2014

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Asian Glossy Starling

Aplonis panayensis

亚洲辉椋鸟 (yàzhōu huī liáng-niǎo)

Malay : Perling-Kilat Asia

Japanese : ミドリカラスモドキ (midori karasu-modoki)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 緑烏擬き

Size : 20 cm; 50–60·5 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Aplonis panayensis affinis (Blyth, 1846)
– NE India (S Assam), Bangladesh and SW Myanmar.
Aplonis panayensis tytleri (Hume, 1873)
– Coco Is (off S Myanmar), Andaman Is, and N Nicobars (Car Nicobar).
Aplonis panayensis albiris (Abdulali, 1967)
– C & S Nicobars.
Aplonis panayensis strigata (Horsfield, 1821)
– S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (including most satellites), Java and W Borneo.
Aplonis panayensis altirostris (Salvadori, 1887)
– Simeluë, Banyak Is and Nias I (off NW Sumatra).
Aplonis panayensis leptorrhyncha (Stresemann, 1913)
– Pini I, in N Batu Is (off W Sumatra).
Aplonis panayensis pachistorhina (Oberholser, 1912)
– Batu Is (except Pini) and Mentawai Is (off W Sumatra).
Aplonis panayensis enganensis (Salvadori, 1892)
– Enggano I, off SW Sumatra.
Aplonis panayensis heterochlora (Oberholser, 1917)
– Anamba Is and Natuna Is, between Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
Aplonis panayensis panayensis (Scopoli, 1786)
– Philippine Is and N Sulawesi.
Aplonis panayensis sanghirensis (Salvadori, 1876)
– Talaud Is and islands of Sangihe, Siau, Ruang, Tahulandang and Biaro (off NE tip of Sulawesi).
Aplonis panayensis eustathis (Oberholser, 1926)
– E Borneo.
Aplonis panayensis alipodis (Oberholser, 1926)
– Panjang, Maratau and Derawan, off E Borneo.
Aplonis panayensis gusti (Stresemann, 1913)
– Bali.