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Mountain starling

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Species of bird

Mountain starling
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species: A. santovestris
Binomial name
Aplonis santovestris
Harrisson & Marshall, AJ, 1937

The mountain starling (Aplonis santovestris), also known as Vanuatu starling, Santo mountain starling or Santo starling, is a bird species in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It is restricted to cloud forest on that island. The species was seldom seen in the 20th century and was at one point feared extinct, although a 1991 expedition managed to find a population high in the mountains.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Aplonis santovestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22710485A119060447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22710485A119060447.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Bregulla, Heinrich L. (1992) Birds of Vanuatu, Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, England. ISBN 0-904614-34-4

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Taxon identifiers
Aplonis santovestris


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