Sturnella Vieillot, 1816

Remsen, J. V., Powell, Alexis F. L. A., Schodde, Richard, Barker, F. Keith & Lanyon, Scott M., 2016, A revised classification of the Icteridae (Aves) based on DNA sequence data, Zootaxa 4093 (2), pp. 285-292 : 290

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scientific name	Sturnella Vieillot, 1816
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Subfamily STURNELLINAE Chenu and des Murs, 1853

Encyclopédie d’Histoire Naturelle 5, 1–312 (p. 194, as Sturnellinés). Type genus: Sturnella Vieillot, 1816 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Only icterids with laterally barred central rectrices. Greater frequency of free lacrimal bone than in any other genus of Icteridae (Webster 2003) .

Component genera:

Sturnella Vieillot, 1816 .

Leistes Vigors, 1825 (includes Pezites Cabanis, 1851 —see Short 1968).