Raiatea Starling

Aplonis ulietensis

The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta, is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea, the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.

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