Singing Starling
Aplonis cantoroides
Large songbird of New Guinea and Solomon Islands, also on Boigu Island in the northern Torres Strait. Adult glossy black with strong metallic green/blue sheen and bright red eye. Tail has blunt square tip. Juvenile brown above, pale below, with heavy short brown streaks. Compare Spangled Drongo, which has heavy, flared, forked tail, and Metallic Starling, which has long, tapered, pointed tail.
识别特征
Adult singing starlings have glossy black plumage and bright red irises. Immature birds are paler, with streaked underparts and brown irises. They are distinguished from metallic starlings by shorter, square tails and thicker bills.
分类信息
- 学名
- Aplonis cantoroides
- 命名信息
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Sturnidae
- 属
- Aplonis
分布与栖息地
Singing starlings are found in New Guinea and some adjacent islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands and Solomon Islands. They have been recorded from Boigu and Saibai Islands, Queensland, Australian territory in north-western Torres Strait. They inhabit forest edges, gardens and cultivated areas with trees, urban areas and coconut groves.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
They eat figs and other soft fruits, and sometimes insects.<p>They nest in tree-hollows, cliffs and buildings, often colonially, laying 2-3 pale blue eggs.<p>The call is a repeated, high-pitched, down-slurred whistle.
保护状况
As a species with a large range and no evidence of population decline, it is assessed as being of Least Concern.
- 种群趋势
- unknown
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其他鸟类
Rufous Owl
Ninox rufa
Very large reddish-brown owl with strongly barred underparts. Found across northern tropical Australia and New Guinea. Roosts in large trees along creeks, in dense forest, and also in large isolated trees in urban areas. Call is a low, slow double hoot, much lower and slower than Southern Boobook or Barking Owl.
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner
Philydor atricapillus
Medium-sized foliage-gleaner with a strong head pattern. Uniformly warm rufous apart from a black cap and pale check patch framed by two black lines. Found in humid lowland forests where it usually accompanies mixed-species flocks and forages at all levels. The song is a loud descending trill; also gives metallic “priew” notes.
California Quail
Callipepla californica
Small and rotund with obvious teardrop-shaped plumes protruding from forehead. Looks gray and brown at a distance, with white streaks on the sides and a scaly belly. Males have black face and longer, more curled crest than females. Usually seen in flocks running on the ground in open, scrubby habitats. Listen for frequent, three-noted call, audible at long distances. Separated from similar Gambel’s Quail by range; also note California has scaly belly with rusty (not black) patch and duller brown crown and sides. Native to western North America including Baja California; well-established introduced populations in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
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