Madagascar Starling

Madagascar Starling

Taxobox
name = Madagascar Starling


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Sturnidae
genus = "Saroglossa"
species = "S. aurata"
binomial = "Saroglossa aurata"
binomial_authority = (Müller, 1776)
synonyms =
The Madagascar Starling ("Saroglossa aurata") is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/51902/all Saroglossa aurata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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