About Agropsar philippensis (J.R.Forster, 1781)
The chestnut-cheeked starling, with the scientific name Agropsar philippensis, is a starling species that belongs to the family Sturnidae. This species breeds in Japan, as well as the Russian islands of Sakhalin and the Kuriles. It spends the winter in Taiwan, the Philippines, and northern Borneo. The chestnut-cheeked starling was formerly classified under the genus Sturnus. It was reclassified and moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar, following results from two molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2008.
