Starling genera are the genera of the passerine family Sturnidae, which Animal Diversity Web labels starlings and lists with 25 genera. In the GBIF backbone, The largest by descendant taxa are Aplonis with about 96, Lamprotornis with about 71, Acridotheres with about 31, Onychognathus with about 30, Sturnus with about 25, Gracula with about 20, Rhabdornis with about 14, Mino with about 13, Sturnia with about 12 and Poeoptera with about 10.
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Animal Diversity Web: Sturnidae
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Family Sturnidae (starlings)
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Sturnidae
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"canonicalName":"Aplonis","vernacularName":"Pacific Starlings","authorship":"Gould, 1836","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 4","numDescendants":96
Children of Sturnidae: Lamprotornis
"canonicalName":"Lamprotornis","vernacularName":"Glossy Starlings and Allies","authorship":"Temminck, 1820","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Temminck, Coenraad J. 1820. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe. G. Dufour, Paris. Vol. 1, 2 Edition: i-cxv, 1-439.","numDescendants":71
Children of Sturnidae: Acridotheres
"canonicalName":"Acridotheres","vernacularName":"Myna","authorship":"Vieillot, 1816","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Vieillot, Louis P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. Deterville, Paris.: 1-70.","numDescendants":31
Children of Sturnidae: Onychognathus
"canonicalName":"Onychognathus","vernacularName":"Red-winged Starlings","authorship":"Hartlaub, 1849","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 1","numDescendants":30
Children of Sturnidae: Sturnus
"canonicalName":"Sturnus","vernacularName":"starling","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":25
Children of Sturnidae: Gracula
"canonicalName":"Gracula","vernacularName":"Hill Mynas","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":20
Children of Sturnidae: Rhabdornis
"canonicalName":"Rhabdornis","vernacularName":"Philippine Creepers","authorship":"Reichenbach, 1853","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Handb. Orn., Scans., 221","numDescendants":14
Children of Sturnidae: Mino
"canonicalName":"Mino","vernacularName":"Greater Mynas","authorship":"Lesson, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"in Férussac, Bull. Sci., 10","numDescendants":13
Children of Sturnidae: Sturnia
"canonicalName":"Sturnia","vernacularName":"Southern Asian Starlings","authorship":"Lesson, 1837","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":12
Children of Sturnidae: Poeoptera
"canonicalName":"Poeoptera","vernacularName":"African Forest Starlings","authorship":"Bonaparte, 1854","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 38","numDescendants":10
View the Source Sturnus - Wikipedia
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Sturnus is a genus of starlings. As discussed below, the taxonomy of this group is complex, and other authorities differ considerably in which species they place in this genus, and in the species boundaries within Sturnus.
Acridotheres - Wikipedia
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Acridotheres is a genus of starlings, the "typical" mynas, which are tropical members of the family Sturnidae.
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