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Fiery-browed Myna

Forest & Wetland Birds

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Enodes erythrophris

The fiery-browed starling or fiery-browed myna (Enodes erythrophris) belongs to starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic within the genus Enodes. Coenraad Jacob Temminck described this species by the name Lamprotornis erythrophris in 1824, and then moved it to the genus Enodes in 1839. It is monotypic within the genus Enodes, being the only species currently recognised. Joseph Harvey Riley described subspecies centralis in 1920, and Erwin Stresemann described subspecies leptorhynchus in 1932. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Distinguished by a reddish-orange stripe over the eye, it is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, mainly living in humid highland forest. This species is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is found at elevations of 500–2,300 m (1,600–7,500 ft), living mainly in montane rainforest and also in lowland forest, elfin forest and forest edges. It eats invertebrates and fruit, often climbing tree trunks to search for food. (Wikipedia, general species account).

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