Singing Starling
Photo · Jean-Paul Boerekamps

BirdUp · Species

Singing Starling

Aplonis cantoroides(Gray, GR, 1862)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Sturnidae
Genus
Aplonis
Commonness
Local
Best seen
Summer

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The singing starling is a medium-sized starling.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
New Guinea and satellites, Boigu (north Torres Strait is., far north-east Australia), Bismarck Arch. (including Admiralty Is.), and Solomon Is.

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
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  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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