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Moluccan Starling
Aplonis mysolensis (Gray, GR, 1862)
Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
Moluccan Starling, Aplonis mysolensis, is a starling in the family Sturnidae and occurs in Indonesia across the Banggai and Sula Islands east of Sulawesi, from Morotai to Obi in the northern Moluccas, on Ambon, Haruku and Saparua in the eastern central Moluccas, and in the Raja Ampat Islands north-west of New Guinea. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and in subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. The species was described by Gray, GR, 1862.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi), Morotai to Obi (n Moluccas), Ambon, Haruku and Saparua (ec Moluccas) and Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea)
