Family: Sturnidae (Starlings)

Authority: Bonaparte, 1851

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
Pale-bellied Myna has a relatively small native range, in which it is heavily trapped to supply the cage-bird trade within Indonesia. Concern that the species may already have disappeared from large parts of its range led to its uplisting to Vulnerable.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 219,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial