Starlings (Sturnidae)

Flame-browed Starling (Enodes erythrophris) - HBW 14, p. 715

French: Énode à sourcils rouges German: Rotbrauenstar Spanish: Estornino Cejirrojo
Other common names: Fiery-browed Myna/Menado Myna, (Celebes) Enodes Myna/Starling, Red-browed Starling

Taxonomy: Lamprotornis erythrophris Temminck, 1824, Menado, Sulawesi.
Races possibly represent no more than minor colour variants, and species often treated as monotypic; further study needed. Three subspecies provisionally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • erythrophris ( Temminck, 1824) - N peninsula of Sulawesi.
  • centralis Riley, 1920 - NC & SE Sulawesi.
  • leptorhynchus Stresemann, 1932 - C & S parts of C Sulawesi.

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