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The white-faced starling (Sturnornis albofrontatus starling family of birds . It is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka .
Taxonomy
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The white-faced starling was formally described in 1854 by the English naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard under the binomial name Heterornis albofrontata .[2] Sturnus molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008 found that the genus was polyphyletic .[3] monotypic genera, the white-faced starling was moved to the resurrected genus Sturnornis that had been introduced in 1879 by William Vincent Legge .[4] [5] monotypic : no subspecies are recognised.[5]
For many years this species was erroneously believed to have been first described in 1850 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte under the binomial name Pastor senex . Although Bonaparte had specified the location as Bengal, this was believed to have been an error.[6] Sturnus sericeus Gmelin, JF , 1789, the red-billed starling . The earliest description of the white-faced starling is therefore that by Layard in 1854.[7] [8]
Description
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The adults of these 22 cm-long birds have green-glossed dark grey upperparts and whitish underparts. The head is paler than the underparts. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller, with brown upperparts and greyer underparts.
This passerine is typically found in tall forest, usually high in the canopy. The white-faced starling builds its nest in a hole. The normal clutch is two eggs.
Like most starlings, the white-faced starling is fairly omnivorous, eating fruit, nectar and insects.
References
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^ Zuccon, D.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships among Palearctic–Oriental starlings and mynas (genera Sturnus and Acridotheres : Sturnidae)". Zoologica Scripta . 37 5 ): 469–481. doi :10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x . S2CID 56403448 .
^ Legge, W. Vincent (1880). A History of the Birds of Ceylon Zimmer, John T. (1926). Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2023). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers" . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 August 2023 .
^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium
^ Mees, G.F. (1997). "On the identity of Heterornis senex Bonaparte" . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 117 (1 ): 67–68.
^ Dickinson, E.C. ; Christidis, L. , eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 574. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2
Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol, Inskipp, Tim & Byers, Clive (1999): Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives . Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.. ISBN 0-691-04910-6
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
