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Sturnidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179635

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Rhabdornithidae
 
    Sturninae
 
  Common Name(s): étourneaux [French]
  
    Starlings [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilySturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 – étourneaux, Starlings  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAcridotheres Vieillot, 1816  
                               GenusAgropsar Oates, 1889  
                               GenusAmpeliceps Blyth, 1842  
                               GenusAplonis Gould, 1836  
                               GenusBasilornis Bonaparte, 1850  
                               GenusCinnyricinclus Lesson, 1840  
                               GenusCreatophora Lesson, 1847  
                               GenusEnodes Temminck, 1839  
                               GenusFregilupus Lesson, 1830  
                               GenusGracula Linnaeus, 1758 – Hill Mynas 
                               GenusGracupica Lesson, 1831  
                               GenusGrafisia Bates, 1926  
                               GenusHartlaubius Bonaparte, 1853  
                               GenusHylopsar Boetticher, 1940  
                               GenusLamprotornis Temminck, 1820  
                               GenusLeucopsar Stresemann, 1912  
                               GenusMino Lesson, 1827  
                               GenusNecropsar Slater, 1879  
                               GenusNeocichla Sharpe, 1876  
                               GenusNotopholia Roberts, 1922  
                               GenusOnychognathus Hartlaub, 1849  
                               GenusPastor Temminck, 1815  
                               GenusPoeoptera Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusRhabdornis Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusSarcops Walden, 1875  
                               GenusSaroglossa Hodgson, 1844  
                               GenusScissirostrum Lafresnaye, 1845  
                               GenusSpeculipastor Reichenow, 1879  
                               GenusSpodiopsar Sharpe, 1889  
                               GenusStreptocitta Bonaparte, 1850  
                               GenusSturnia Lesson, 1837  
                               GenusSturnornis Legge, 1879  
                               GenusSturnus Linnaeus, 1758 – Starlings 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Sturnidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Sturnidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: étourneaux[French]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, v 3.1, website (version 3.1)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 18 May 2012]   
  Reference for: Starlings[English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sturnidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.07, website (version 07-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Sturnidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Sturnidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sturnidae   
       

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