Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius)

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Subject:	Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius)
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Description
Fregilupus varia
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Fregilupus varia
New Latin name Fregilupus varius
Common name Nederlands: Hopspreeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fregilupus_varia_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15800171.tif

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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