ReptiliaPasseriformesPasseriformesJ. F. Clements et al. 2017Brunet 1970Zuccon et al. 2006View classificationSturnusthe BahamasGreeceItalySpainAlabamaFlorida
Family Sturnidae Rafinesque 1815 (starling)
Reptilia - Passeriformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 134484
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brunet 1970 and Zuccon et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Corvidae, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sylviidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Acridotheres, Aplonis, Cryptopsar, Fregilupus, Gracula, Mino, Necropsar, Pastor, Sturnini, Sturnus
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Type: Sturnus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Environments: cave (5 collections), fissure fill (2), sinkhole (2)
Age range: 0.781 to 0.0 Ma
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Greece (4), Italy (4), Spain (2), United States (2: Alabama, Florida)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
