Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: (Sharpe, 1897)

Red List Category:

Justification of Red List category
This species has a large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population is suspected to be declining only slowly, thus does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is not quantified, but is suspected of being relatively large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,608,000 km²

Country endemic: no