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White-shouldered Starling

Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The white-shouldered starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in southern China and northern Vietnam; it winters in Southeast Asia. The common name of this bird is derived from the white patch found on the bird's shoulder. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Sturnia
Scientific:
  Sturnia sinensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1 1 pt1 p.394

Protonym:
  Oriolus sinensis

Type locality:
  China.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896994


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ED5CDA852C9129B5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ED5CDA85

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ED5CDA85


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 915882

Geographic range:

  • Sturnia sinensis: S China to Indochina; winters to SE Asia and n Philippines
English:
White-shouldered Starling
Catalan:
estornell mandarí
Czech:
špaček čínský
Danish:
Mandarinstær
German:
Mandarinstar
Spanish:
Estornino Chino
Spanish (Spain):
Estornino Chino
Finnish:
kiinankottarainen
French:
Étourneau mandarin
Croatian:
kineski čvorak
Hungarian:
mandarin seregély
Icelandic:
Axlastari
Italian:
Storno spallebianche
Japanese (romaji):
karamukudori
Japanese:
カラムクドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltapetis varnėnas
Dutch:
Mandarijnspreeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitskulderstare
Norwegian:
Hvitskulderstær
Polish:
szpak chiński
Portuguese:
Estorninho-chinês
Portuguese (Portugal):
estorninho-chinês
Russian:
Китайский скворец
Slovak:
škorec mandarínsky
Serbian:
Kineska mina
Swedish:
mandarinstare
Ukrainian:
Шпачок китайський
Chinese:
灰背椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
灰背椋鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Étourneau mandarin ( Sturnus sinensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Étourneau mandarin ( Sturnus sinensis)
Clements 1st edition:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Clements, version 2021:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2022:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2023:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements 3rd edition:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Clements 4th edition:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2015:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2016:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2017:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2018:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Clements, version 2019:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 1.50:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 1.52:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 1.53:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 1.54:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 1.55:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2015:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2016:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2017:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2018:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2019:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2021:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2022:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
eBird version 2023:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Chinese Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Chinese Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Oriental Bird Club:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Sturnus sinensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sturnus sinensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sturnus sinensis
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnus sinensis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
White-shouldered Starling ( Sturnia sinensis)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sturnus sinensis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sturnia sinensis

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Belarusian: Кітайскі шпак
Bulgarian: Китайски скорец
Catalan: Estornell mandarí
Czech: Špacek cínský, špaček čínský
Welsh: Drudwen Tsieina
Danish: Kinastær, Mandarinstær
German: Mandarinenstar, Mandarinstar
Greek: Κιvεζoψάρovo
English: Chinese Myna, Chinese Starling, Gray-backed Myna, Gray-backed Starling, Grey-backed Myna, Grey-backed Starling, Mandarin mynah, White-shouldered Starling
English, HBW: White-shouldered Starling
English (IOC): White-shouldered Starling
English (United States): White-shouldered Starling
Esperanto: Blankaŝultra sturno, Ĉina sturno
Spanish: Estornino Chino, Estornino Mandarino
Spanish (Spain): Estornino Chino
Spanish (HBW): White-shouldered Starling
Estonian: Valgeõlg-kuldnokk
Finnish: Kiinankottarainen
French: Etourneau mandarin, Étourneau mandarin, Martin de Chine, Martin d'orient
Frisian: Mandarynprotter
Irish: Druid Shíneach
Galician: Estorniño chinés
Croatian: kineski čvorak
Hungarian: mandarin seregély
Icelandic: Axlastari
Italian: Storno della Cina, Storno spallebianche
Japanese (romaji): kara muku-dori, karamukudori, Kara-mukudori
Japanese: カラムクドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 唐椋鳥
Korean: 잿빛쇠찌르레기
Korean (Transliteration): jaetbit-soe-jjireuregi
Scientific: Oriolus Buffonianus, Oriolus sinensis, Pastor elegans, Sturnia sinensis, Sturnus sinensis
Lithuanian: Baltapetis varnėnas
Latvian: baltplecu strazds
Macedonian: Кинески сколовранец
Malay: Burung Perling Bahu Putih, Perling Bahu Putih
Nepali: सेतोका“धे साराÄ
Dutch: Mandarijnspreeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitskulderstare
Norwegian: Hvitskulderstær
Polish: szpak chinski, szpak chiński
Pinyin: huī-bèi liáng-niǎo, zào lín-niǎo
Portuguese: Estorninho-chinês
Portuguese (Portugal): estorninho-chinês
Romanian: Graur chinezesc
Russian: Китайский скворец, Серый скворец, Скворец китайский
Northern Sami: Kiinnástárra
Slovak: škorec mandarínsky
Slovenian: kitajski škorec
Serbian: Kineska majna, Kineska mina, Kineski čvorak
Swedish: Mandarinstare
Thai: นกกิ้งโครงแกลบปีกขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kîŋ-kʰrooŋ klàeep pìik-kʰăaw
Turkish: Çin sığırcığı, Sibirya Sığırcığı
Ukrainian: Шпачок китайський
Vietnamese: Chim Bạch đầu ông, Chim Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sáo đá Trung Quốc
Kalmyk: китдин үкр хар
Chinese: 噪林鸟, 灰背椋鳥, 灰背椋鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 噪林鳥, 灰背椋鳥, 灰背椋鳥〔噪林鳥〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 噪林鳥, 灰背椋鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): 噪林鸟, 灰背椋鸟

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