Socotra Starling - Citizendia

Socotra Starling

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Onychognathus
Species:	O. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Starlings are small to medium-sized Passerine Birds in the family Sturnidae. Onychognathus, is a genus of African Starlings All the species are quite similar and characterised by rufous primary wing feathers very obvious frater

Binomial name

Onychognathus frater
(Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881)

The Socotra Starling (Onychognathus frater) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. Starlings are small to medium-sized Passerine Birds in the family Sturnidae. Starlings are small to medium-sized Passerine Birds in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to Yemen. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rural gardens. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Onychognathus frater. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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