Mauritius starling

Mauritius starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Cryptopsar
Hume, 2014
Species: C. ischyrhynchus
Binomial name
Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus
Hume, 2014
Former range (area in blue)

The Mauritius starling (Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus) is an extinct species of starling, described in 2014 by Julian P. Hume, based on subfossils from Mauritius. The holotype mandible was discovered in 1904, but was hidden in a museum drawer for over a hundred years, hence the genus name. The Mauritius starling was shown to be closer to the Rodrigues starling than to the hoopoe starling of Réunion.[1]

References

  1. Hume, J. P. (2014). "Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius" (PDF). Zootaxa 3849 (1): 1–75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3849.1.1.
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