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The species Rodriguez Starling is extinct.

Alternative name: Rodrigues Starling

Necropsar rodericanus

[edit] Identification

Only known from skeletal remains.
A bird described as being a bit larger than a blackbird, having white plumage, partly black wings and a black tail and yellow feet and bill may be this species but this is not certain.

[edit] Distribution

Formerly endemic to Rodrigues (Mauritius).
Already extinct 1870, date of extinction unknown.

[edit] Taxonomy

No information

[edit] Habitat

Nothing known

[edit] Behaviour

Nothing known

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2002. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334375

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