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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Muscicapoidea — thestarlings and related birds.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A new species of starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands (South Pacific Ocean).
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The eggs of _Psaroglossa spiloptera_ are not very dissimilar, and I expect that it is somewhere between the _Paradiseidae, Sturnidae_, and _Icteridae_ that _Irena_ will ultimately have to be located.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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Lovette & Rubenstein [12]: "at least one representative of all morphologically or biogeographically distinctive lineages in the Sturnidae and Mimidae".
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David G. Haskell et al. 2009
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Lovette & Rubenstein [12]: "at least one representative of all morphologically or biogeographically distinctive lineages in the Sturnidae and Mimidae".
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Family Common Name Species Accipitridae Nicobar serpent-eagle Spilornis minimus* Accipitridae Nicobar sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri* Megapodiidae Nicobar scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis** Columbidae Andaman wood-pigeon Columba palumboides Columbidae Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Psittacidae Nicobar parakeet Psittacula caniceps* Strigidae Andaman hawk-owl Ninox affinis Sturnidae White-headed starling Sturnus erythropygius Pycnonotidae Nicobar bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis** An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Sturnidae White-headed starling Sturnus erythropygius
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Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae): congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation.
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