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Rodrigues Starling
Necropsar rodericanus Slater, HH, 1879
Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
Rodrigues Starling, Necropsar rodericanus, was a starling of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, and it is now extinct. It was described from remains found on the island in 1879, and the bird was also recorded earlier from Île Gombrani, where it survived after disappearing from mainland Rodrigues. It had a stout bill, with a white body, partly black wings and tail, and yellow bill and legs. Its diet included eggs and dead tortoises, which it handled with its strong beak. Rats introduced to the area were probably the cause of its extinction in the eighteenth century.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises
- Breeding range
- Indian Ocean: Rodrigues I.
