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Sturnidae 

Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179635

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Sturnidae
TSN 179635

Taxonomy and Nomenclature           Kingdom: Animalia     Taxonomic Rank: Family     Synonym(s): Rhabdornithidae       Sturninae     Common Name(s): tourneaux [French]       Starlings [English]             Taxonomic Status:       Current Standing: valid             Data Quality Indicators:       Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met     Global Species Completeness: complete      Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy           Kingdom Animalia  – Animal, animaux, animals        Subkingdom Bilateria            Infrakingdom Deuterostomia               Phylum Chordata  – cords, cordado, chordates                 Subphylum Vertebrata  – vertebrado, vertbrs, vertebrates                    Infraphylum Gnathostomata                        Superclass Tetrapoda                           Class Aves  – Birds, oiseaux                             Order Passeriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux                                Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 – tourneaux, Starlings       Direct Children:                                   Genus Acridotheres Vieillot, 1816                                   Genus Agropsar Oates, 1889                                   Genus Ampeliceps Blyth, 1842                                   Genus Aplonis Gould, 1836                                   Genus Basilornis Bonaparte, 1850                                   Genus Cinnyricinclus Lesson, 1840                                   Genus Creatophora Lesson, 1847                                   Genus Enodes Temminck, 1839                                   Genus Fregilupus Lesson, 1830                                   Genus Gracula Linnaeus, 1758 – Hill Mynas                                   Genus Gracupica Lesson, 1831                                   Genus Grafisia Bates, 1926                                   Genus Hartlaubius Bonaparte, 1853                                   Genus Hylopsar Boetticher, 1940                                   Genus Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820                                   Genus Leucopsar Stresemann, 1912                                   Genus Mino Lesson, 1827                                   Genus Necropsar Slater, 1879                                   Genus Neocichla Sharpe, 1876                                   Genus Notopholia Roberts, 1922                                   Genus Onychognathus Hartlaub, 1849                                   Genus Pastor Temminck, 1815                                   Genus Poeoptera Bonaparte, 1854                                   Genus Rhabdornis Reichenbach, 1853                                   Genus Sarcops Walden, 1875                                   Genus Saroglossa Hodgson, 1844                                   Genus Scissirostrum Lafresnaye, 1845                                   Genus Speculipastor Reichenow, 1879                                   Genus Spodiopsar Sharpe, 1889                                   Genus Streptocitta Bonaparte, 1850                                   Genus Sturnia Lesson, 1837                                   Genus Sturnornis Legge, 1879                                   Genus Sturnus Linnaeus, 1758 – Starlings

References           Expert(s):       Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.     Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999      Reference for: Sturnidae               Expert: Richard C. Banks     Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.      Reference for: Sturnidae               Other Source(s):       Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)     Acquired: 2003      Notes:       Reference for: tourneaux[French]              Source: IOC World Bird List, v 3.1, website (version 3.1)     Acquired: 2012      Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 18 May 2012]      Reference for: Starlings[English]              Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)     Acquired: 1996      Notes:       Reference for: Sturnidae              Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.07, website (version 07-Feb-11)     Acquired: 2012      Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net      Reference for: Sturnidae              Publication(s):       Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes     Publication Date: 2003      Article/Chapter Title:       Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada      Page(s):       Publisher:       Publication Place:       ISBN/ISSN:       Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998      Reference for: Sturnidae              Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner     Publication Date: 1987      Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada      Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166      Page(s): 79      Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service      Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA      ISBN/ISSN:       Notes:       Reference for: Sturnidae

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/**
* @description: javascript callback function which will be called after asynchronous call to SOLR
* @param: SOLR Data
**/
function on_SubordinateTaxaReturn(data)

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var credibility="";
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var totalVerifiedMinStandardsMet=0;
var totalUnverified=0;
var arrayIndex=0;
var percentStandardsMet="";
var offSiteSources=[];
//the number of rank objects returned from the solr query
var totalNumberOfRanks = docs.length;
//The rank of the item for which the subordinate taxa is being calculated
var searchTermRank = "140";
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This includes building the hyperlink to generate the valid taxa list for the rank. * @param: percentStandardsMet * @param: rankName * @param: column (string) data that is visible to the user as the clickable hyperlink. * @returns a string which defines a table cell in the subordinate taxa table. **/ function generateSubordinateTaxaColumnTD(percentStandardsMet, rankName, columnData) return " " + columnData + ""; /** * @description: function to create SOLR query and return data to be processed **/ function on_searchSubordinateTaxa() var url = ITIS_SOLR+'/?q=hierarchyTSN:(*$179635$*)&group=true&group.field=rankID&rows=-1&fl=rankID,rank&fq=usage:(valid or accepted)&wt=json&facet=true&facet.pivot=!key=productrankID,credibilityRating&facet.pivot.mincount=0&facet.limit=-1&callback=?&json.wrf=on_SubordinateTaxaReturn'; $.getJSON(url); /** * @description: Dynamically generates the Subordinate Taxa Table header. * @param : none * @return: none **/ function generateSubordinateTaxaTblHeader() url = ITIS_SOLR +'/?q=tsn:(179635)&wt=json'; //Generate The Results Header and get the data for the header if $.get(url).done(function(data) var taxaHeading = " " + data.response.docs[0].rank + " " + formatRankName(data.response.docs[0].nameWOInd,data.response.docs[0].rankID); if (hasTaxonAuthor(data.response.docs[0].taxonAuthor) > 0) taxaHeading += " " + formatTaxonAuthor(data.response.docs[0].taxonAuthor) + " contains:"; else taxaHeading += " contains:"; $('#subordinateTaxaTableHeader').html(taxaHeading); ).fail(function() console.error("houston we have a problem generating the initial Subordinate Taxa Table Header."); ).always(function() console.log("always executes. put clean up code in here"); ); $(document).ready(function() //initially generate the table header for the given search generateSubordinateTaxaTblHeader(); //issue a solr query to generate the subordinate taxa table. on_searchSubordinateTaxa(); );    Subordinate Taxa  Rank  Verified Standards Met  Verified Min Standards Met  Unverified Percent Standards Met   LOADING...   Search on:  Any Name or TSN  Common Name  Scientific Name  TSN In: every Animal Plant Fungal Bacteria Protozoa Chromista Archaea  Kingdom exactly for containing starting with ending with     Go to Advanced Search and Report Disclaimer: ITIS taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. 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