Raiatea Starling
Aplonis ulietensis (Gmelin, JF 1789)
The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta, is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea, the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Aplonis
Scientific:
Aplonis ulietensis
Original description
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2
1, pt.2 p.815
Protonym:
Turdus ulietensis
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/316/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
076FBCACDF9336D5
Avibase ID:
avibase-076FBCAC
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/076FBCAC
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
Geographic range:
- Aplonis ulietensis: formerly Raiatea (Society Islands); extinct, known from a now-lost specimen collected in 1774
Raiatea Starling
German:
Raiateastar
Spanish:
Estornino de Raiatea
Spanish (Spain):
Estornino de Raiatea
Finnish:
raiateanrastas
French:
Stourne de Raiatea
Japanese:
ライアテアカラスモドキ
Polish:
skworczyk wulkaniczny
Portuguese (Portugal):
estorninho-de-raiatea
Slovak:
majna Forsterova
Serbian:
Čvorak sa ostrva Rajateja
Swedish:
raiateastare
Ukrainian:
Дрізд раятійський
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Raiatea thrush ( Turdus ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Raiatea thrush ( Turdus ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Raiatea thrush ( Turdus ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Raiatea thrush ( Turdus ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Clements, version 2021: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Clements, version 2022: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Clements, version 2023: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Clements, version 2024: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Clements, version 2019: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| eBird version 2019: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| eBird version 2021: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| eBird version 2022: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| eBird version 2023: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| eBird version 2024: Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Raiatea Starling ( Aplonis ulietensis) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: fossil species (extinct)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Raiateastar
English: Bay Thrush, Raiatea Starling, Raiatea thrush
English, HBW: Raiatea Starling
English (IOC): Raiatea Starling
English (United States): Raiatea Starling
Esperanto: Golfosturno
Spanish: Estornino de Raiatea
Spanish (Spain): Estornino de Raiatea
Estonian: raiatea viiralind
Finnish: Raiateanrastas
French: Étourneau de Raiatea, Grive de Raiatea, Stourne de Raiatea
Japanese: ライアテアカラスモドキ
Scientific: Aplonis ulietensis, Turdus ulietensis
Polish: skworczyk wulkaniczny
Portuguese (Portugal): estorninho-de-raiatea
Slovak: drozd Forsterov, majna Forsterova
Serbian: Čvorak sa ostrva Rajateja
Swedish: raiateastare, Raiateatrast
Turkish: Raiatea sığırcığı
Ukrainian: Дрізд раятійський
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