Family Sturnidae
(starlings, mynahs, and oxpeckers)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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  Passerida
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  Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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  Family Sturnidae (starlings, mynahs, and oxpeckers)
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  Genus Acridotheres (crested mynas)
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  Genus Ampeliceps
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  Genus Aplonis (glossy starlings)
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  Genus Basilornis
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  Genus Buphagus
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  Genus Cinnyricinclus
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  Genus Creatophora
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  Genus Enodes
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  Genus Fregilupus
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  Genus Gracula (hill mynas)
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  Genus Grafisia
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  Genus Lamprotornis
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  Genus Leucopsar
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  Genus Mino
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  Genus Neocichla
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  Genus Onychognathus
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  Genus Pholia
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  Genus Poeoptera
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  Genus Sarcops
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  Genus Saroglossa
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  Genus Scissirostrum
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  Genus Speculipastor
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  Genus Spreo
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  Genus Streptocitta
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  Genus Sturnus (starlings)