Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: (Kittlitz, 1833)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was known from the island of Kosrae, Micronesia, but it is now Extinct likely due to forest disturbance and predation by introduced rats. The last specimens were taken in 1827, and it was absent when the island was next visited in 1880.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial