Starlings (Sturnidae)

Red-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) - HBW 14, p. 729

French: Étourneau à joues marron German: Violettrückenstar Spanish: Estornino Carirrojo
Other common names: Violet-backed/Chestnut-cheeked Starling, Japanese Small Starling, Red-cheeked Myna

Taxonomy: Motacilla Philippensis J. R. Forster, 1781, Philippines.
Genus often subsumed into Sturnus; alternatively into Sturnia. May form a superspecies with A. sturninus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds on S Sakhalin, Japan (S, including offshore islands of Rishiri-to, Teuri-jima and Sado, to C Honshu), S Kuril Is (S from Iturup), and Askold I (off Vladivostok, in SE Russia); non-breeding Ryukyu Is, Philippines and N Borneo.