Mauritius starling

{{Short description|Extinct species of bird}}

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| fossil_range= Holocene

| image = Mauritius starling.jpg

| image_caption = Life restoration by Julian P. Hume

| status = EX

| genus = Cryptopsar

| parent_authority = Hume, 2014

| species = ischyrhynchus

| authority = Hume, 2014

| range_map = Mauritius island location.svg

| range_map_caption = Former range (area in blue)

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The Mauritius starling (Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus) is an extinct species of starling, described in 2014 by Julian P. Hume, based on subfossils from Mauritius. The holotype mandible was discovered in 1904, but was hidden in a museum drawer for over a hundred years, hence the genus name. The Mauritius starling was shown to be closer to the Rodrigues starling than to the hoopoe starling of Réunion.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3849.1.1 | last = Hume | first = J. P. | year = 2014 | title = Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius | url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03849p075f.pdf | journal =Zootaxa | volume = 3849 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–75 | pmid = 25112426 }}