Vanuatu Starling | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Aplonis |
Species: | A. santovestris |
Binomial name | |
Aplonis santovestris Harrisson & Marshall, 1937 |
The Vanuatu Starling, Santo Mountain Starling or Santo Starling (Aplonis santovestris) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is endemic to the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It is restricted to cloud forest forest on that island.[2] The species was seldom seen in the 20th century and was at one point feared extinct, although a 1991 expedition managed to find a population high in the mountains.
Vanuatu stamp with Santo Mountain Starling