Sturnia

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

Species

PHYLUM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata

Observations recorded2,534,061,025

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 5
With media: 1
Family: Sturnidae
Collections: UBCBBM, NHMUK, BPBM
Recorded in: Russia, Myanmar, Thailand

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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".

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