Aplonis cantoroides

(G.R.Gray, 1862) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sturnidae/Aplonis

At a glance

Occurrence records4 717

Data sources8

Biological traits24

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aplonis cantoroides's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 717 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 717 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The singing starling (Aplonis cantoroides) is a medium-sized (20 cm in length) starling.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth7.1 mm

Beak length (culmen)23.4 mm

Beak length (nares)12.9 mm

Beak width5.5 mm

Body mass54.75 g

Body mass (female)48 g

Hand-wing index27

Kipp's distance26 mm

Secondary length70.2 mm

Tail length69.8 mm

Tarsus length23 mm

Wing length97.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass5.7 g

Litter size2.4

Diet & foraging6

Canopy40 %

Fruit50 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh60 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size822 754 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aplonis cantoroides has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 717 records

Wild obs. + sensor4 471

Museum / vouchered239

Other7

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 608 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 101≤1 km 29≤10 km 22>10 km 10

162 georeferenced · 4 309 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor4 471

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 34≤10 km 69>10 km 70

173 georeferenced · 66 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence239

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions15 of 19 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	69
Seattle, US	25
Ann Arbor, US	22
Cambridge, US	20
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	18
Philadelphia, US	15
Copenhagen, DK	14
Honolulu, US	10
Berkeley, US	10
CASlocation not on record	9
Toronto, CA	5
	4
Los Angeles, US	4
Natick, US	3
Auckland, NZ	3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Wuzhou, CN	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
Brussels, BE	2

19 institutions · 239 of 239 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Aplonis cantoroides was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Aplonis cantoroides

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type4 717 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions15 of 19 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type4 717 records