Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Polynesische Purperspreeuw |
English | Polynesian Starling |
English (United States) | Polynesian Starling |
French | Stourne de Polynésie |
French (France) | Stourne de Polynésie |
German | Südseestar |
Japanese | タテジマカラスモドキ |
Norwegian | polynesiastær |
Polish | skworczyk polinezyjski |
Russian | Полинезийский скворец |
Serbian | Polinezijski čvorak |
Slovak | majna tichomorská |
Spanish | Estornino de Polinesia |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino de Polinesia |
Swedish | polynesisk stare |
Turkish | Polinezya Sığırcığı |
Ukrainian | Шпак-малюк полінезійський |
Aplonis tabuensis (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Lanius tabuensis
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.306.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Friendly Islands [= Tonga Islands].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APLONIS
- tabuanus / tabuensis
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Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis Scientific name definitions
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.polsta1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 15, 2013
- Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis
Authors
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Recommended Citation
Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2013). Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.