Madagascan starling

Madagascan starling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Hartlaubius
(Bonaparte, 1853)
Species: H. auratus
Binomial name
Hartlaubius auratus
(Müller, 1776)
Distribution of the Madagascan starling
Synonyms

Saroglossa aurata

The Madagascan starling (Hartlaubius auratus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Commonly placed in the monotypic genus Hartlaubius, the Madagascan starling is also sometimes placed in the genus Saroglossa (as Saroglossa aurata), which otherwise only contains the spot-winged starling (S. spilopterus).[2]

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