| Tristram's starling | |
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| at Masada, Israel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Onychognathus |
| Species: | O. tristramii
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychognathus tristramii (Sclater, PL, 1858)
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Tristram's starling (Onychognathus tristramii), also known as Dead Sea starling or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East. It is the only member of the genus Onychognathus found mainly outside of Africa.[2] The species is named after Reverend Henry Baker Tristram, who collected natural history specimens.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Onychognathus tristramii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710604A132089059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710604A132089059.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Paz, U. (1987). The birds of Israel. Helm.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 342–343.