Vanuatu Starling

Vanuatu Starling
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Aplonis
Species:	A. santovestris
Binomial name
Aplonis santovestris Harrisson & Marshall, 1937

The Vanuatu Starling, Santo Mountain Starling or Santo Starling (Aplonis santovestris) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is endemic to the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It is restricted to cloud forest 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.

Weblinks

Vanuatu stamp with Santo Mountain Starling

References

1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Aplonis santovestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
2. ^ Bregulla, Heinrich L. (1992) Birds of Vanuatu, Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, England. ISBN 0-904614-34-4

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