Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824)
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https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11646211 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB878A-FFE0-E10B-A38F-FB64FBF8FAF3 |
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Felipe |
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METALLIC STARLING Aplonis metallica View in CoL #
Local name Man Sinèm (Sansundi).
Range A. m. inornata Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor; A. m. metallica Yapen, Mios Num. Beehler & Pratt (2016) incorrectly listed Biak under metallica as well as inornata.
Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and seen by nearly all visitors. Widespread and common in scrub with remnant forest trees, tall secondary woodland and forest edge. 13 January 1994: 30 on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000), where also seen by Gibbs (1993).
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