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Grosbeak Starling
Scissirostrum dubium (Latham, 1801)
Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
Grosbeak Starling, Scissirostrum dubium, is a starling in the family Sturnidae and breeds in Australasia on Sulawesi and its satellite islands. It was first described by Latham in 1801. The bird is also known by several other names, including grosbeak myna, finch-billed myna and scissor-billed starling. It is the only species placed in the genus Scissirostrum. Its breeding range extends beyond Sulawesi to Kalimantan in Borneo and to Java, where new breeding populations have been established from escaped cagebirds.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Sulawesi and satellites
