Aplonis pelzelni — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sturnidae/Aplonis

At a glance

Occurrence records1

Data sources7

Biological traits24

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The Pohnpei starling (Aplonis pelzelni), also known as Pohnpei mountain starling or Ponape mountain starling, is an extremely rare or possibly extinct bird from the family of starlings (Sturnidae). It is (or was) endemic to the island of Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia) in the Pacific Ocean. It was called "sie" (pronounced see-ah) by the Pohnpei islanders. It was named after the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln (1825–1891).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology11

Beak depth6 mm

Beak length (culmen)24 mm

Beak length (nares)14 mm

Beak width5.4 mm

Body mass47 g

Hand-wing index20.8

Kipp's distance20.8 mm

Secondary length79.2 mm

Tail length64.3 mm

Tarsus length25.5 mm

Wing length100 mm

Diet & foraging9

Canopy30 %

Fruit60 %

Ground10 %

Invertebrate20 %

Midhigh30 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Understory30 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size61.49 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 pelzelni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

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 type1 records

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 km²

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown