Description
Français : Huppes de Bourbon au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Troyes
Date 3 March 2017
Source Huppes de Bourbon au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Troyes
Author Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Troyes
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3083_227_Huppes-de-Bourbon-2.jpg

The hoopoe starling, also known as the Réunion starling or Bourbon crested starling (Fregilupus varius), is a species of starling which lived on the Mascarene island of Réunion, and became extinct in the 1850s. Its closest relatives were the Rodrigues starling and the Mauritius starling from nearby islands, and the three apparently originated in Southeast Asia. The bird was first mentioned during the 17th century and was long thought to be related to the hoopoe, from which its name is derived. Although a number of affinities have been proposed, it was confirmed as a starling in a DNA study.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Fregilupus
Lesson, 1831
Species: Fregilupus varius (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms:
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