The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Muscicapoidea (Part II) - Thrushes, Starlings and Allies

Judging by ZTL it's been around for at least two years but is not signposted anywhere, so I imagine it's either offshow, no longer present or unsigned. You're basically our best bet for finding out one way or another

 

Hartlaubius


Madagascar Starling (Hartlaubius auratus)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal Madagascar, barring the arid southwest.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Cinnyricinclus


Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations; throughout the Sahel from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east, and from here into the southwest Arabian Peninsula; and from southwest Tanzania and southern DRC in the north to central Nambia in the southwest and eastern South Africa in the southeast. Wintering populations extend throughout the intermediate area of central Africa between these two ranges.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. l. leucogaster
C. l. arabicus
C. l. verreauxi

Photo by @KevinB


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Hylopsar


Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)

The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin and adjacent West Africa, from southern Benin in the west to Uganda in the east, and south to northern Angola and southwest DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Copper-tailed Starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda)

The range of this species extends throughout coastal West Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to southern Ghana in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Notopholia


Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)

The range of this species extends in a narrow and localised band throughout coastal eastern and southern Africa, from southern Somalia in the north to the Eastern Cape in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

N. c. corusca
N. c. vaughani

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Rhabdornis


Stripe-headed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mystacalis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.

Two subspecies recognised:

R. m. mystacalis
R. m. minor

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grand Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis grandis)

Endemic to the Cordillera Mountains and adjacent areas of the Sierra Madre of northern and north-central Luzon in the Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Visayan Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis rabori)

Endemic to Panay and Negros in the west-central Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis inornatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the eastern and southern Philippines, from Samar in the north to Mindanao in the south.

Three subspecies recognised:

R. i. leytensis Parkes
R. i. inornatus
R. i. alaris

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Basilornis


Sulawesi Myna (Basilornis celebensis)

Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Helmeted Myna (Basilornis galeatus)

Endemic to the Banggai and Sula Islands, off the eastern coast of Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Long-crested Myna (Basilornis corythaix)

Endemic to Seram in the southern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Goodfellowia


Apo Myna (Goodfellowia miranda)

Endemic to the mountains of north-central and southern Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Streptocitta


Northern White-necked Myna (Streptocitta torquata)

Endemic to northern and northeastern Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Southern White-necked Myna (Streptocitta albicollis)

Endemic to southern and southeastern Sulawesi.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Bare-eyed Myna (Streptocitta albertinae)

Endemic to the Sula Islands in the northern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Sarcops


Coleto (Sarcops calvus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines - barring Palawan - from Luzon in the north to the Sulu Archipelago in the south.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. c. calvus - photo by @Tomek



S. c. melanonotus - photo by @alexkant



S. c. lowii
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Mino


Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)

The range of this species extends throughout New Guinea, barring the highlands of the Central Range, and into the West Papuan and Aru Islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Cephie




Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti)

The range of this species extends throughout the Bismarck Archipelago and into the northern and central Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden Myna (Mino anais)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout New Guinea and into the West Papuan Islands.

Three subspecies recognised:

M. a. anais - photo by @Tomek



M. a. orientalis
M. a. robertsoni
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Gracula


Sri Lanka Hill Myna (Gracula ptilogenys)

Endemic to southwest Sri Lanka.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Southern Hill Myna (Gracula indica)

The range of this species is restricted to southwest India and southern Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ralph




Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from north-central India and Nepal in the west to southeast China and Hainan in the east, and south throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater Sundas, extending as far as Bali in the western Lesser Sundas; disjunct populations exist in east-central India.

Eight subspecies are recognised:

G. r. peninsularis
G. r. intermedia - photo by @Keniafan



G. r. andamanensis
G. r. miotera
G. r. batuensis
G. r. enganensis
G. r. religiosa - photo by @Norwegian moose



G. r. palawanensis - photo by @alexkant




Tenggara Hill Myna (Gracula venerata)

Endemic to the Lesser Sundas, from Lombok and Sumbawa in the west to Pantar and Alor in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Nias Hill Myna (Gracula robusta)

Endemic to Nias and the Banyak Islands off the western coast of Sumatra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Ampeliceps


Golden-crested Myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)

The range of this species extends throughout Indochina and adjacent southern China, barring much of eastern and central Thailand, and into southernmost Peninsular Thailand; patchy disjunct populations extend north into northeast India.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Cephie


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Enodes


Fiery-browed Starling (Enodes erythrophris)

Endemic to northern and central Sulawesi.

Three subspecies recognised:

E. e. erythrophris
E. e. centralis
E. e. leptorhynchus

Photo by @Chlidonias


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Scissirostrum


Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium)

Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Javan Rhino


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Aplonis


Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)

The range of this species extends throughout the Sula Islands and Moluccas in the west, through the West Papuan and Aru Islands and New Guinea, to the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands in the east, and south from New Guinea into northeast Australia.

Five subspecies recognised:

A. m. metallica - photo by @ThylacineAlive



A. m. inornata
A. m. purpureiceps
A. m. nitida
A. m. circumscripta


Yellow-eyed Starling (Aplonis mystacea)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern lowlands of New Guinea from the west to the southeast.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Singing Starling (Aplonis cantoroides)

The range of this species extends from the West Papuan and Aru Islands, throughout New Guinea and into the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Tanimbar Starling (Aplonis crassa)

Endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in the eastern Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Atoll Starling (Aplonis feadensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout islets and atolls of the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. f. heureka
A. f. feadensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rennell Starling (Aplonis insularis)

Endemic to Rennell in the southern Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Long-tailed Starling (Aplonis magna)

Endemic to Biak and Numfor Islands, off the northwest coastline of New Guinea.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. m. brevicauda
A. m. magna

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-eyed Starling (Aplonis brunneicapillus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Solomon Islands, from Bougainville in the west to Guadalcanal in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown-winged Starling (Aplonis grandis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Solomon Islands, from Bougainville in the west to Guadalcanal in the east.

Three subspecies recognised:

A. g. grandis
A. g. macrura
A. g. malaitae

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Makira Starling (Aplonis dichroa)

Endemic to Makira in the southeast Solomon Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rusty-winged Starling (Aplonis zelandica)

The range of this species extends throughout the Santa Cruz Islands and south into Vanuatu.

Three subspecies recognised:

A. z. maxwellii
A. z. zelandica
A. z. rufipennis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Striated Starling (Aplonis striata)

Endemic to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. s. striata - photo by @Chlidonias



A. s. atronitens


Mountain Starling (Aplonis santovestris)

Endemic to Espiritu Santo in northern Vanuatu.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast Asia, from northeast India and Bangladesh in the north, through western Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater Sundas and Philippines, extending as far south as Bali in the Lesser Sundas and west into the Nicobar and Andaman Islands.

Fourteen subspecies:

A. p. affinis
A. p. tytleri
A. p. albiris
A. p. strigata
A. p. altirostris
A. p. leptorrhyncha
A. p. pachistorhina
A. p. enganensis
A. p. heterochlora
A. p. panayensis
A. p. sanghirensis
A. p. eustathis
A. p. alipodis
A. p. gusti

Photo by @gentle lemur




Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Moluccas and West Papuan Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution from the southern Philippines into central and southern Sulawesi, Java and the Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant




Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca)

The range of this species extends patchily but widely throughout the islets and atolls of Micronesia.

Seven subspecies recognised:

A. o. aenea
A. o. guami
A. o. orii
A. o. kurodai
A. o. anga
A. o. ponapensis
A. o. opaca

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pohnpei Starling (Aplonis pelzelni)

Endemic to Pohnpei in the eastern Caroline Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the islets, archipelagos and atolls of Polynesia from the Santa Cruz Islands to Niue.

Twelve subspecies recognised:

A. t. pachyrhampha
A. t. tucopiae
A. t. rotumae
A. t. fortunae
A. t. brevirostris - photo by @Chlidonias



A. t. tutuilae
A. t. manuae
A. t. vitiensis
A. t. nesiotes
A. t. tenebrosa
A. t. tabuensis
A. t. brunnescens - photo by @Hix




Samoan Starling (Aplonis atrifusca)

The range of this species extends throughout the Samoan Islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Rarotonga Starling (Aplonis cinerascens)

Endemic to Rarotonga in the southern Cook Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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.....and with that, we finish our look at the Sturnidae and hence our overall walkthrough of the Muscicapoidea as a whole

There are a fair few big gaps in our coverage of the families concerned - particularly where the Turdidae and Sturnidae are concerned, but with a few surprising omissions where the Muscicapidae is concerned too; hopefully these will be fixed in the fullness of time. In a little bit I will collate a list of all of the missing species - annotated with those species I think have the best chance of being added - but first I cast a question posed at the start of this thread out to all those Zoochatters who have been following the Muscicapoidea photographic guide as a whole:

Should I unite the two threads which comprise the guide, or retain the split as is currently the case?

 

I've added some photos to the Indonesia Wildlife gallery. They are not very good photos (hence why they were only added now).

I treat the species as monotypic because there seems no good reason to do otherwise. However I had a look in the galleries of HBW to see which subspecies they use for Lore Lindu - and all three subspecies are named on photos from here which is plainly ridiculous.

 

Yes; the way things are worded on HBW it sounds like the acceptance of the three subspecies is extremely tentative and likely to revert to monotypic.....

In any case, photo added and much appreciated.