Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1788)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This Extinct species is known only from a 1774 painting of the type specimen, contemporary descriptions and a few field notes. It occurred on Raiatea (French Polynesia). An expedition to the island in 1850 failed to find the species, and it likely became extinct between 1774-1850 following the arrival of rats on the island.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no