Sturnira known as a yellow-shouldered bat or American epauleted bat, is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The genus name comes from the Latin for "starling" and refers to HMS Starling, which took part in an 1836 voyage to Brazil during which the type specimen was collected. It contains the following species:Angel's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira angeli Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira aratathomasi Baker's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira bakeri Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira bidens Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira bogotensis Burton's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira burtonlimi Hairy yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira erythromos Gianna's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira giannae Choco yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira hondurensis Sturnira koopmanhilli Little yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira lilium Highland yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira ludovici Louis's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira luisi Greater yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira magna Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira mistratensis Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira mordax Lesser yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira nana Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira oporaphilum Northern yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira parvidens Paulson's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira paulsoni La Perla yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira perla Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira sorianoi Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira tildae