▁released , ▁but ▁Gün ther ▁and ▁Newton ▁quoted ▁Sl ater ' s ▁un pub lished ▁notes ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁article , ▁and ▁cred ited ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁name . ▁Bird Life ▁International ▁cred its ▁Sl ater ▁rather ▁than ▁Gün ther ▁and ▁Newton ▁for ▁the ▁name . ▁Gün ther ▁and ▁Newton ▁determined ▁that ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁star ling ▁was ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁ho op oe ▁star ling , ▁and ▁they ▁only ▁kept ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁separate ▁genus ▁due ▁to ▁what ▁they ▁term ed ▁" present ▁orn ith ological ▁practice ". ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁strongly ▁built ▁bill , ▁they ▁considered ▁the ▁new ▁species ▁likely ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁the ▁bird ▁mentioned ▁in ▁T aff oret ' s ▁account . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁the ▁English ▁scient ist ▁George ▁Ernest ▁Sh elle y ▁used ▁the ▁sp elling ▁N ec ro sp a ▁in ▁a ▁book , ▁thereby ▁creating ▁a ▁junior ▁syn onym ; ▁he ▁attributed ▁the ▁name ▁to ▁zo ologist ▁Philip ▁S cl ater . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁the ▁American ▁orn ith ologist ▁James ▁Green way ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁star ling ▁should ▁belong ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁genus ▁as ▁the ▁ho op oe ▁star ling , ▁F reg il up us , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁similarity ▁of ▁the ▁species . ▁More ▁sub f oss ils ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁added ▁support ▁to ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁bird ▁was ▁a ▁distinct ▁genus ▁of ▁star ling