Hoopoe Starling

Hoopoe Starling
File:Hoopoe starling.jpg
Only known life drawing, showing the natural position of the crest, by Paul Jossigny, early 1770s
Conservation status
Extinct  (1850s) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Superfamily:	Muscicapoidea
Clade:	Starling clade
Family:	Sturnidae
Subfamily:	Sturninae
Tribe:	Sturnini
Genus:	Fregilupus Lesson, 1831
Species:	†F. varius
Binomial name
Fregilupus varius (Boddaert, 1783)
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Location of Réunion (circled)
Synonyms
List Upupa varia Boddaert, 1783 Upupa capensis Gmelin, 1788 Upupa madagascariensis Shaw, 1811 Coracia cristata Vieillot, 1817 Pastor upupa Wagler, 1827 Fregilupus capensis Lesson, 1831 Coracia tinouch Hartlaub, 1861 Fregilupus borbonicus Vinson, 1868 Fregilupus varia Gray, 1870 Sturnus capensis Schlegel, 1872 Lophopsarus varius Sundeval, 1872 Coracias tivouch Murie, 1874

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Passeriformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each passerine, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Sturnidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each starling, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Monotypic Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each monotypic genera, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.