Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
             Suborder Passeri see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
               Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
                 Superfamily Muscicapoidea
                   Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
                     Tribe Sturnini Rafinesque, 1815 see Subfamily Sturninae
                       Genus Sturnus Linnaeus, 1758
                         01 Sturnus senex (Bonaparte, 1850) see Sturnus albofrontatus (E.L. Layard, 1854)
                         02 Sturnus malabaricus (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
                         03 Sturnus erythropygius (Blyth, 1846)
                         04 Sturnus pagodarum (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
                         05 Sturnus sericeus J.F. Gmelin, 1789
                         06 Sturnus sturninus (Pallas, 1776)
                         07 Sturnus philippensis (J.R. Forster, 1781) - chestnut-cheeked starling
                         08 Sturnus sinensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)
                         09 Sturnus roseus (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                         10 Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 - European starling
                         11 Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820
                         12 Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, 1835 - white-cheeked starling
                         13 Sturnus contra Linnaeus, 1758
                         14 Sturnus nigricollis (Paykull, 1807)
                         15 Sturnus burmannicus (Jerdon, 1862)
                         16 Sturnus melanopterus (Daudin, 1800) see Acridotheres melanopterus (Daudin, 1800)