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Sturnia

Sturnia is a genus of Asian birds in the starling family Sturnidae. It was formerly often merged with Sturnus.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Sturnidae
Image: 1172ww brahminy-myna delhi-crpark 2007apr14.jpg

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Sturnia is a genus of Asian birds in the starling family Sturnidae. It was formerly often merged with Sturnus.

==Taxonomy== The genus Sturnia was introduced in 1837 by the French naturalist René Lesson. He designated the type species as Pastor elegans Lesson, 1834. This is a junior synonym of Oriolus sinensis Gmelin, 1778, the white-shouldered starling. The genus name is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".