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PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
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  The Polynesian starling (Aplonis tabuensis) is a species of starling of the family Sturnidae. It is found in the Samoan Islands Fiji, Niue, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands and Wallis and Futuna. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and tropical moist forests. Various subspecies exist throughout this wide range, some darker in coloration and some lighter. Its call is a raspy buzz or rattle. Diet is fruit and insects. On islands where the Samoan starling is present, the Polynesian starling is less conspicuous and keeps to the forest, feeding on harder, less edible fruit.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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It is found in the Samoan Islands Fiji, Niue, Tonga, the Santa Cruz Islands and Wallis and Futuna
 Subspecies A. t. brunnescens, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1890
By Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 13,
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11059873 Polynesian starling - Mount Talau, Vava'u, Tonga - September 2017
Listen to the Polynesian starling
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Conservation status
 Least concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: 30 September 2017 (Date of first photo that I could use) Location: Mount Talau, Vava'u, Tonga  Polynesian starling - Aplonis tabuensis
30 September 2017 - Mount Talau, Vava'u, Tonga  Polynesian starling - Aplonis tabuensis
30 September 2017 - Mount Talau, Vava'u, Tonga  Polynesian starling - Aplonis tabuensis
30 September 2017 - Mount Talau, Vava'u, Tonga  Polynesian starling - Aplonis tabuensis
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