White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapillus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Text last updated January 17, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | estornell ullblanc |
Dutch | Witoogpurperspreeuw |
English | White-eyed Starling |
English (United States) | White-eyed Starling |
French | Stourne aux yeux blancs |
French (France) | Stourne aux yeux blancs |
German | Weißaugenstar |
Japanese | メジロカラスモドキ |
Norwegian | trådhalestær |
Polish | skworczyk białooki |
Russian | Вилохвостый скворец |
Serbian | Belooki čvorak |
Slovak | majna bielooká |
Spanish | Estornino Ojiblanco |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino ojiblanco |
Swedish | vitögd stare |
Turkish | Ak Gözlü Sığırcık |
Ukrainian | Шпак-малюк бугенвільський |
Aplonis brunneicapillus (Danis, 1938)
Definitions
- APLONIS
- brunneicapilla / brunneicapillum / brunneicapillus
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Systematics History
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Distribution
Bougainville, Choiseul, Rendova and Guadalcanal, in Solomon Is.
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Conservation Status
VULNERABLE. Restricted range species: present in Solomon Group EBA. Rare and patchily distributed, with few recent records; poorly known. Total population estimated at fewer than 2500 mature individuals and believed declining. On Bougainville, single specimens taken in 1938 and 1944; colony of at least ten pairs in 1985, but not found two years later. Recorded at a single locality on Choiseul in 1994. On Rendova, one specimen taken in 1943 and records of two individuals in 1980s and some in 1990s. On Guadalcanal, 41 specimens collected in 1953 at Betilonga (in WC of island), but the species appears now to be extirpated there; a few recent records at Komarindi (in NW) and at Mt Austen (in N). Deforestation is increasing in Solomons, and most lowland forest and much hill forest throughout the species' range has been or is scheduled to be logged. No significant protected areas within its range; Mt Austen lies within the Queen Elizabeth National Park, but this is unprotected and highly degraded. In the past, local human inhabitants harvested nestlings for food, and this practice may continue.