"A new species of extinct starling, Aplonis diluvialis, is described from the Fa'ahia Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Aplonis diluvialis was larger than any Indo-Pacific congeners except A. atrifusca of Samoa. The only other Eastern Polynesian islands where starlings have been recorded with certainty are Rarotonga (A. cinerascens) and Mauke (A. mavornata). In pre-human times, however, species of Aplonis may have occurred through much of Eastern Polynesia." . "1989"^^ . . "1989"^^ . "Steadman (1989)" . . "Steadman (1989)" . "Steadman, D. W. 1989. A new species of starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an archaeological site on Huahine. Society Islands. Notornis, 36: 161-169." . "A new species of extinct starling, Aplonis diluvialis, is described from the Fa'ahia Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Aplonis diluvialis was larger than any Indo-Pacific congeners except A. atrifusca of Samoa. The only other Eastern Polynesian islands where starlings have been recorded with certainty are Rarotonga (A. cinerascens) and Mauke (A. mavornata). In pre-human times, however, species of Aplonis may have occurred through much of Eastern Polynesia." . .