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Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Agropsar philippensis (Pennant, 1781)
Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
Chestnut-cheeked Starling, Agropsar philippensis, is a starling in the family Sturnidae that breeds in northern Japan and spends the non-breeding season in the Philippines, Sulawesi and Borneo. It was formerly included in Sturnus, but later placed in the revived genus Agropsar after two molecular studies published in 2008 supported the change. Described by Pennant in 1781, it belongs to the order Passeriformes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: n Japan
- Nonbreeding range
- Philippines, Sulawesi and Borneo
