Mysterious Starling (Aplonis mavornata)

Posted on 31 December, 1825 in Extinct • Tagged with Polynesia (Cook Islands), family-STURNIDAE, extinct-1820s

Year Last Seen:

1825

Comments:

This taxon was known from Mauke, Cook Islands, but it is now Extinct due to overpredation by introduced brown rats. The type specimen was taken in 1825, and the species was not found on the next ornithological visit to Mauke in 1975.

Habitat:

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