Micronesian Starling

Micronesian Starling
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Aplonis
Species:	A. opaca
Binomial name
Aplonis opaca (Kittlitz, 1833)

The Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Micronesian Starlings consume fruit, seeds, the occasional insect and the eggs of seabirds.^[1] They are bold around humans and will follow humans in seabird colonies to take the eggs of seabirds flushed by them.

References

1. ^ JD Reichel and PO Glass (1990) "Micronesian Starling Predation on Seabird Eggs." Emu 90: 2 135-136

• BirdLife International 2004. Aplonis opaca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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