Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica)

Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Sturnia malabarica (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Sturnus malabaricus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	9,770,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	8,720,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common below 1370 m in Nepal, locally common in India, frequent in Bhutan, common in Bangladesh and rare in Sri Lanka (Grimmett et al. 1998), while the population in Taiwan has been estimated at < c.100 introduced breeding pairs (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	vagrant			yes
India	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	vagrant			yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cambodia	Chhep
India	Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary and Maniyari Reservoir
India	Amboli-Tilari Reserve Forest
India	Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary
India	Karnala Bird Sanctuary
India	Mahendri Reserve Forest
India	Navelim wetland
India	Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
India	North Karanpura Valley
India	Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
India	Papikonda National Park
India	Pench Tiger Reserve
India	Tilaiya Dam
India	Topchanchi Wildlife Sanctuary
Laos	Dong Khanthung
Laos	Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Vientiane
Laos	Nakai Plateau
Laos	Nam Et
Laos	Xe Kong Plains
Nepal	Barandabhar forests and wetlands
Nepal	Bardia National Park
Nepal	Chitwan National Park
Nepal	Dang Deukhuri foothill forests and west Rapti wetlands
Nepal	Farmlands in Lumbini area
Nepal	Ghodaghodi Lake
Nepal	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and Koshi Barrage
Nepal	Mai Valley forests
Nepal	Parsa Wildlife Reserve
Thailand	Huai Kha Khaeng
Thailand	Khao Yai
Thailand	Nam Nao
Thailand	Thung Yai - Naresuan
Vietnam	Ea So
Vietnam	Nam Cat Tien
Vietnam	U Minh Thuong
Vietnam	Ya Lop
Vietnam	Yok Don

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chestnut-tailed-starling-sturnia-malabarica on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.