Mountain starling

The mountain starling (Aplonis santovestris), 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.[2] 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.

Mountain starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Aplonis
Species:
A. santovestris
Binomial name
Aplonis santovestris
Harrisson & Marshall, 1937

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Aplonis santovestris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22710485A119060447. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22710485A119060447.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
  2. Bregulla, Heinrich L. (1992) Birds of Vanuatu, Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, England. ISBN 0-904614-34-4


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