Raiatea starling
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The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta,[2] is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea (formerly known as Ulietea, hence the specific epithet ulietensis), the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
Extinct species of bird
Raiatea starling | |
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Watercolour painting by Georg Forster, 1774 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae (?) |
Genus: | Aplonis (?) |
Species: | †A.? ulietensis |
Binomial name | |
†Aplonis? ulietensis (Gmelin, 1789) | |
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