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Rick & José van der Weijde | profile | all galleries >> Zoo Pictures >> Zoo Photo Archive >> Birds (Vogels) >> Starlings and Mynahs (Spreeuwen) >> Asian Glossy Starling (Maleise Purperspreeuw) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Asian Glossy Starling - Aplonis panayensis - Maleise Purperspreeuw
Southeast-Asia.
The following 13 subspecies are being recognized:
Aplonis panayensis affinis - Northeast-India, Bangladesh and Southwest-Myanmar;
Aplonis panayensis tytleri - Andaman and North-Nicobar Islands;
Aplonis panayensis albiris - Central- and South-Nicobar Islands;
Aplonis panayensis strigata - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and North-Borneo;
Aplonis panayensis altirostris - islands off Northwest-Sumatra;
Aplonis panayensis pachistorhina - islands off West-Sumatra;
Aplonis panayensis enganensis - Enggano Island (off Southwest-Sumatra);
Aplonis panayensis heterochlora - Anamba and Natuna Islands (between Malay Peninsula and Borneo);
Aplonis panayensis eustathis - Borneo (except north);
Aplonis panayensis alipodis - islands off East-Borneo;
Aplonis panayensis gusti - Bali;
Aplonis panayensis sanghirensis - islands off Northeast-Sulawesi;
Aplonis panayensis panayensis - Sulawesi and the Philippines.
Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.