Striated starling

Striated starling
Illustration by John Latham (1781)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Aplonis
Species:	A. striata
Binomial name
Aplonis striata (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

The striated starling (Aplonis striata) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

Taxonomy

The striated starling was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the rollers in the genus Coracias and coined the binomial name Coracias striata.^[2] The specific epithet is from Latin striatus meaning "striated".^[3] Gmelin based his account on the "Blue-striped roller" that had been described and illustrated in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds.^[4] The striated starling is now placed in the genus Aplonis that was introduced in 1836 by John Gould.^[5]

Two subspecies are recognised:^[5]

• A. s. striata (Gmelin, JF, 1788) – Grande Terre and Ile des Pinss (New Caledonia)
• A. s. atronitens Gray, GR, 1859 – Ouvéa, Lifou and Maré (Loyalty Islands)

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Aplonis striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710508A131957524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710508A131957524.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 381.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Latham, John (1781). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 1, Part 1. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 414; Plate 16.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 August 2023.