The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D METALLIC STARLING Aplonis metallica # Local name Man Sinèm (Sansundi). Range A. m. inornata Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor; A. m. metallica Yapen, Mios Num. Beehler & Pratt (2016) incorrectly listed Biak under metallica as well as inornata . Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors and seen by nearly all visitors. Widespread and common in scrub with remnant forest trees, tall secondary woodland and forest edge. 13 January 1994 : 30 on Owi (P. Gregory in litt . 2000), where also seen by Gibbs (1993) .