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Agropsar
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Agropsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilySturnidae
Observations recorded19,331

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sturnidae
Image
Purple-backed Starling.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Agropsar
taxon name
Agropsar
topic's main category
Category:Agropsar
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Encyclopedic overview

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Agropsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Sturnus. They were moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2008.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agropsar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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