Brown-winged Starling vs Mountain yam

Aplonis grandis compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Brown-winged Starling is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-winged Starling	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Sturnidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aplonis	Dioscorea
Species	Aplonis grandis	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Brown-winged Starling

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-winged Starling	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-winged Starling

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Brown-winged Starling

The Brown-winged Starling (Aplonis grandis) 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.