- Asian Pied Starling
Taxobox
name = Asian Pied Starling
image_width = 240px
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Sturnidae
genus = "Gracupica "
species = "G. contra"
binomial = "Gracupica contra" [cite journal|author=Lovette, I., McCleery, B., Talaba, A., & Rubenstein, D.|year=2008|title=A complete species-level molecular phylogeny for the "Eurasian" starlings (Sturnidae: Sturnus, Acridotheres, and allies): Recent diversification in a highly social and dispersive avian group.|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution|volume=47|issue=1|pages=251-260|url=http://www.dustinrubenstein.com/webpage/PUBLICATIONS_files/MPE2008.pdf]
synonyms = "Sturnus contra"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus,1758 )The Asian Pied Starling ("Gracupica contra"), also known as Pied Myna, is a
species ofstarling found in South andSoutheast Asia . The taxonomic position has changed with it being placed with the "Sturnus " in the past.(Zuccon "et al." 2006)References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*aut|Zuccon, Dario; Cibois, Anne; Pasquet, Eric & Ericson, Per G.P. (2006): Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 41(2): 333-344. doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007 (HTML abstract)Gallery
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6818&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
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