Spodiopsar

Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.

The genus Spodiopsar was introduced in 1889 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

[2][3][4] Sharpe subsequently designated the type species as Sturnus sericeus J.F.

Gmelin, 1789, the red-billed starling.

[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".