Aves - Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brunet 1970 and Zuccon et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Acridotheres Aplonis Cryptopsar Fregilupus Gracula Mino Necropsar Pastor Sturnini Sturnus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), France (2), French Polynesia (2), Greece (4), Guam (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Mauritius (11), Micronesia (1), Monaco (1), New Zealand (11), Niue (5), Northern Mariana Islands (14), Papua New Guinea (1), Reunion (1), Romania (1), Solomon Islands (2), Spain (2), Tonga (6), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 83 collections each including a single occurrence