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Aplonis corvina  (Kittlitz, 1833)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554131

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lamprothornis corvina Kittlitz, 1833
  
  Common Name(s): Stourne de Kusaie [French]
  
    estorninho-de-kosrae [Portuguese]
  
    Estornino de Kosrae [Spanish]
  
    Kosrae Mountain Starling [English]
  
    Kosrae Starling [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               GenusAplonis Gould, 1836  
                                  SpeciesAplonis corvina (Kittlitz, 1833) – Stourne de Kusaie, estorninho-de-kosrae, Estornino de Kosrae, Kosrae Mountain Starling, Kosrae Starling  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Aplonis corvina    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Aplonis corvina, Kosrae Starling [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Aplonis corvina, Kosrae Starling [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Extinct  
 

 

    


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