The starling of Bourbon ( Fregilupus varius ) is a sparrow now formerly disappeared endemic from the island of the Meeting. The Muséum of natural history of the Meeting calls it also crested Bourbon .

Description

White and brown, the starling was described by the various visitors of the island as from 1669 and was obviously relatively common until in the Années 1830. The male could have the size of a pigeon and it had crested a white characteristic on the head.

Extinction

The last specimen would have been cut down in 1837. The species would be extinct thereafter between 1850 and 1870, which does one of the last of it to have undergone this fate with the Meeting with the Mascarin of the Meeting. The extinction in question would be due to the conjunction of many factors, among which:

• the introduction into the island of a disease.
• the introduction of the rats.
• the introduction of concurrent species, in particular that of the sad Martin ( Acridotheres tristis ).
• multiplication of forest fires.
• the consecutive Deforestation with the Abolition of slavery, in 1848.

The starling of Bourbon was introduced accidentally with the Mauritius in 1835. It did not survive it.

Additional details

Internal bonds

• Endémisme with the Meeting.
• List of the species of birds of the Meeting.
• List of the species of birds disappeared.

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