rosy starling (Pastor roseus)

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Pastor roseus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon IV p. 73 pl. 251
Old Latin name Pastor roseus
New Latin name Sturnus roseus
Common name Nederlands: Roze spreeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pastor_roseus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15800035.tif

The rosy starling (Pastor roseus) is a passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae, also known as the rose-coloured starling or rose-coloured pastor. The species was recently placed in its own monotypic genus, Pastor, and split from Sturnus.

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