White-headed Starling

White-headed Starling

Taxobox
name = White-headed Starling


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Sturnidae
genus = "Sturnus"
species = "S. erythropygius"
binomial = "Sturnus erythropygius"
binomial_authority = (Blyth, 1846)
synonyms = "Sturnia erythropygia"

The White-headed Starling ("Sturnus erythropygius"), also known as the Andaman White-headed Starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in wooded habitats on the Indian islands of the Andamans and Nicobars. It is sometimes placed in the genus "Sturnia".

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20965/all Sturnus erythropygius] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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