Asian Glossy Starling vs Flat Wrack

Aplonis panayensis compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Glossy Starling	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Sturnidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Aplonis	Fucus
Species	Aplonis panayensis	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Asian Glossy Starling

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Glossy Starling	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Glossy Starling

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

Asian Glossy Starling

The Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species in the genus Aplonis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments. Distributed across Norway, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.