Starlings (Sturnidae)
Long-tailed Starling (Aplonis magna) - HBW 14, p. 718
French: Stourne à longue queue
German: Biakstar
Spanish: Estornino de la Biak
Taxonomy: Lamprotornis magnus Schlegel, 1871, Soëk, Misori (= Biak Island), New Guinea.
Genus name sometimes given as Aplornis (see page 659). Was previously thought to form a superspecies with A. metallica. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevicauda ( van Oort, 1908) - Numfor I, in NW Geelvink Bay (NW New Guinea).
- magna ( Schlegel, 1871) - Biak I, in N Geelvink Bay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a leafless tree, being joined by another, shorter-tailed, individual. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp magna)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 40 sec 2.7 -
Two birds in a leafless tree, one regurgitates a pellet, the other one flyies away. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp magna)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 2.6 -
Two birds on top of a tree. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp magna)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 2.2
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A perched bird.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp magna)
mehdhalaouate 9 August 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Two birds feeding on a tree
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Eduardo de Juana 14 July 2008 2 years ago 2
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