Purple-backed Starling

Purple-backed Starling
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Sturnus
Species:	S. sturninus
Binomial name
Sturnus sturninus (Pallas, 1776)
Synonyms
Sturnia sturnina

The Purple-backed Starling (Sturnus sturninus), also known as the Daurian Starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

References

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

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