Pastor roseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Starling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPastor roseus (Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Starling)
FamilySTURNIDAE (starlings)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sterry, P. 2002 Adult Rose-coloured Starlings photographed … in Rumania Vol 13, No 6 Page: 431

Pastor roseus (Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Starling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pastor roseus (Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Starling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pastor roseus (Rose-coloured Starling, Rosy Starling)
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