After Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Aplonis (tyynenmerenkottaraiset) [22] |-- †A. corvina |-- †A. mavornata |-- A. zelandica (vanuatunkottarainen) |-- A. santovestris (espiritusantonkottarainen) |-- A. pelzelni (ponapesaarenkottarainen) |-- A. atrifusca (samoankottarainen) |-- A. cinerascens (rarotongankottarainen) |-- A. tabuensis (polynesiankottarainen) |--o A. striata (uudenkaledoniankottarainen) | |-- A. s. striata (Striated Starling) | `-- A. s. atronitens (Loyalty Islands Starling) |-- †A. fusca (norfolksaarenkottarainen) |-- A. opaca (mikronesiankottarainen) |-- A. cantoroides (pikikottarainen) |-- A. crassa (tanimbarinkottarainen) |-- A. feadensis (melanesiankottarainen) |-- A. insularis (rennellinsaarenkottarainen) |-- A. dichroa (sancristobalinkottarainen) |-- A. grandis (salomonsaartenkottarainen) |-- A. mysolensis (molukkienkottarainen) |-- A. magna (biaksaarenkottarainen) |-- A. minor (celebesinkiiltokottarainen) |--o A. panayensis (kiiltokottarainen) | |-- A. p. panayensis (Asian Glossy Starling) | `-- A. p. eustathis (Bornean Starling) |-- A. metallica (viherkottarainen) |-- A. mystacea (papuankottarainen) `-- A. brunneicapilla (bougainvillenkottarainen)
Reference(s):
- Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.