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Sturnidae
Rafinesque, 1815
- starlings
(bird)
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Entity:
Muscicapoidea (Superfamily)
..Certhiidae (Family) - treecreepers
..Cinclidae (Family) - dippers
..Donacobius (Genus)
..Mimidae (Family) - mockingbirds, thrashers
..Muscicapidae (Family) - chats and Old World flycatchers
..Polioptilidae (Family) - gnatcatchers
..Rhabdornithidae (Family) - Philippine creepers
..Sittidae (Family) - nuthatches and wallcreeper
..Troglodytidae (Family) - wrens
..Turdidae (Family) - thrushes
..Sturnidae (Family) - starlings
....Buphaginae (Subfamily)
....‡Necropsar (Genus)
....Sturninae (Subfamily)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Reptilia
-
(Order)
Passeriformes
Current position
Muscicapoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
J. Cracraft et al., 2003
: 19.
Alternative positions
Oscines
(Suborder)
Ref:
W.J. Bock, 1982
: 1013.
Historical positions
Muscicapoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson, 2003
: 26, 651; 19.
Passeriformes
(Order)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1995
Muscicapoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 233.
Oscines
(Suborder)
Ref:
C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
: 21, 410.
Oscines
(Suborder)
Ref:
W.J. Bock, 1982
: 1013.
Oscines
(Suborder)
Ref:
B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970)
: 658.
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
24g;111s;14ss; ‡2g;7s;2ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
24g;111s; ‡2g;7s
2003
E.C. Dickinson
: 26
25[24]g;115[111]s; ‡[2g];3[6]s
1993
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley
38[36]g;148[144]s; ‡[2g;4s]
1982
W.J. Bock
2sf;26g;111s
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1 Feb 2024