Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Silkrubber

Agropsar philippensis compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Sturnidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Funtumia
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

The Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species in the genus Agropsar. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.