rosy starling (Pastor roseus) Description
Pastor roseus: fig.1 adult male after moulting 2: male in breeding plumage 3: young after first moult
Title: Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club
Subjects: Natural history Natural history Natural history
Date 1874
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The rosy starling (Pastor roseus) is a passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae, also known as the rose-coloured starling or rose-coloured pastor. The species was recently placed in its own monotypic genus, Pastor, and split from Sturnus.