Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius)

Query: island starling

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Subject:	Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius)
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Description
Hoopoe starling, "Huppe de Bourbon".
Date 1860–68
Source Hume, J. P. (2014). "Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius". Zootaxa 3849 (1): 1–75.
Author Albert Roussin
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoopoe_starling_Roussin.jpg

The hoopoe starling, also known as the Réunion starling or Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius), is a species of starling which lived on the Mascarene island of Réunion, and became extinct in the 1850s.

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