The Micronesian starling (''Aplonis opaca'') is a species of
starling in the family
Sturnidae. It is found in
Micronesia
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, the
Northern Mariana Islands
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, and
Palau
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. Its natural
habitat
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s are
subtropical or tropical dry forest and
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Micronesian starlings consume fruit, seeds, the occasional insect and the eggs of
seabirds.
They are bold around humans and will follow humans in seabird colonies to take the eggs of seabirds flushed by them.
References
Micronesian starling
Birds of Micronesia
Micronesian starling
Taxa named by Heinrich von Kittlitz
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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