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Pohnpei Starling
Plate 1 of 1. (c) Finsch, 1876, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

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Pohnpei Starling

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Pohnpei Starling

Aplonis pelzelni

The Pohnpei starling (Aplonis pelzelni), also known as Pohnpei mountain starling or Ponape mountain starling, is an extremely rare or possibly extinct bird from the family of starlings (Sturnidae). It is (or was) endemic to the island of Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia) in the Pacific Ocean. It was called "sie" (pronounced see-ah) by the Pohnpei islanders. It was named after the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln (1825–1891).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14944.