Chestnut-cheeked starling

The chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles;^[2] it winters in Taiwan, the Philippines and northern Borneo.

Chestnut-cheeked starling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Agropsar
Species:	A. philippensis
Binomial name
Agropsar philippensis (Pennant, 1781)
Synonyms
Sturnia philippensis Sturnus philippensis

The chestnut-cheeked starling was previously placed in the genus Sturnus. It was moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2008.^[3][4][5]