Raiatea starling

Raiatea starling
Watercolour painting by Georg Forster, 1774

Extinct (between 1774 and 1850)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae (?)
Genus: Aplonis (?)
Species:
†A.? ulietensis
Binomial name
†Aplonis? ulietensis
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Turdus ulietensis Gmelin, 1789
  • Turdus badius Forster, 1844
  • Merula ulietensis Ramsay, 1879

The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta,[2] is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea (formerly known as Ulietea, hence the specific epithet ulietensis), the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Raiatea Starling". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T22734867A119212332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22734867A119212332.en.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Greenway was invoked but never defined (see the help page).