Genus of birds
Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.
Taxonomy.
The genus "Spodiopsar" was introduced in 1889 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. The name was to replace "Poliopsar", introduced by Sharpe in 1888, which was preoccupied by "Poliopsar" Cassin, 1867. Sharpe subsequently designated the type species as "Sturnus sericeus" J.F. Gmelin, 1789, the red-billed starling. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek "spodios" meaning "ash-coloured" and "psar" meaning "starling".
The genus contains two species.
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