Chestnut-cheeked starling

Chestnut-cheeked starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Agropsar
Species: A. philippensis
Binomial name
Agropsar philippensis
(Forster, 1781)
Synonyms

Sturnia philippensis
Sturnus philippensis

The chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Sturnia or Sturnus. It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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