Spodiopsar

Spodiopsar
	Red-billed starling ; (Spodiopsar sericeus )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Spodiopsar; Sharpe, 1889
Type species
	Sturnus sericeus; J.F. Gmelin, 1789

Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Spodiopsar was introduced in 1889 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. The name was to replace Poliopsar, introduced by Sharpe in 1888, which was preoccupied by Poliopsar Cassin, 1867.^[2]^[3]^[4] Sharpe subsequently designated the type species as Sturnus sericeus J.F. Gmelin, 1789, the red-billed starling.^[4]^[5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".^[6]

The genus contains two species.^[7]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Spodiopsar sericeus	Red-billed starling	south and southeastern China
	Spodiopsar cineraceus	White-cheeked starling	central and north-east India, China, Korea, Japan and south-east Siberia

References

^ "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1889). "Letter to the editor". Ibis. 6th series. 1: 580.
^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1888). "On two new species of starling". Ibis. 5th series. 1: 476–477.
^ ^a ^b 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. 575. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Sturnformes, Containing the families Artamidae, Sturnidae, Ploceidae, Alaudidae. Also the Families Ateichiidae and Menuridae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 13. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 40.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ 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 13 August 2023.

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[HM4-1] "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

[2] Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1889). "Letter to the editor". Ibis. 6th series. 1: 580.

[3] Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1888). "On two new species of starling". Ibis. 5th series. 1: 476–477.

[hm4-4] 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. 575. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.

[5] Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Sturnformes, Containing the families Artamidae, Sturnidae, Ploceidae, Alaudidae. Also the Families Ateichiidae and Menuridae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 13. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 40.

[6] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-7] 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 13 August 2023.

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Red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Spodiopsar Sharpe, 1889
Type species
Sturnus sericeus^[1] J.F. Gmelin, 1789