Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: (Daudin, 1800)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i,ii); D

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Justification of Red List category

This species has a very small population, has undergone very rapid recent declines and the remaining populations are continuing to decline as a result of the cage-bird trade. One of the three subspecies is suspected to have become extinct in the wild within the past ten years. It is listed as Endangered because there continue to be more than 50 but fewer than 250 mature individuals in a least one remaining subpopulation. The species is at very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Population size: 150-190 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 164,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial