Sturnidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muscicapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Sturnidae
Genera: Acridotheres – Agropsar – Ampeliceps – Aplonis – Basilornis – Cinnyricinclus – Creatophora – Enodes – Gracula – Gracupica – Grafisia – Hartlaubius – Hylopsar – Lamprotornis – Leucopsar – Mino – Neocichla – Notopholia – Onychognathus – Pastor – Poeoptera – Rhabdornis – Sarcops – Saroglossa – Scissirostrum – Speculipastor – Spodiopsar – Streptocitta – Sturnia – Sturnornis – Sturnus

Genera extincta: †Cryptopsar – †Fregilupus – †Necropsar

Formerly included in Sturnidae, now Buphagidae: Buphagus

Name

Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815

Typus

Sturnus

Synonyms

Rhabdornithidae

References

Primary references

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. Original description p.68: 'Sturnidia' BHL

References

Lovette, I. J., & Rubenstein, D. R. (2007). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae): Congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 44: 1031-1056.
IOC

Vernacular names

العربية: زرزور
беларуская: Шпаковыя
български: Скорецови
বাংলা: শালিক
català: Estúrnid
dansk: Stære
Deutsch: Stare
English: Starlings
Esperanto: Sturnedoj
فارسی: سار
suomi: Kottaraiset
हिन्दी: मैना
hrvatski: Čvorci
magyar: Seregélyfélék
Bahasa Indonesia: Jalak
日本語: ムクドリ科
lietuvių: Varnėniniai
македонски: Сколовранци
Nederlands: Spreeuwen
polski: Szpakowate
русский: Скворцовые
svenska: Starar
ไทย: วงศ์นกเอี้ยงและกิ้งโครง
Tagalog: Martines
Türkçe: Sığırcıkgiller
українська: Шпакові
中文: 椋鸟科