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Brown-winged starling

Aplonis grandis (Salvadori, 1881)

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The brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 132.2 g to 134 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis)
Photo: William Matthew Hart · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown-winged starling

Weight
134 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown-winged starling live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brown-winged starling is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the brown-winged starling?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown-winged starling” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown-winged_starling&oldid=1380703336), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown-winged starling endangered?

The brown-winged starling is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the brown-winged starling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusAplonis
  7. SpeciesAplonis grandis (Salvadori, 1881)

Synonyms Lamprocorax grandis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • estornell de les illes SalomóCatalan
  • špaček šalamounskýCzech
  • špaček šalomounskýCzech
  • drudwen loyw fawrWelsh
  • Stor TræstærDanish
  • KragenstarGerman
  • brunflugila sturnoEsperanto
  • Estornino de las SalomónSpanish
  • salomoninkottarainenFinnish
  • Stourne des SalomonFrench
  • solomonski čvorakCroatian
  • galléros énekesseregélyHungarian
  • Storno alibruneItalian
  • オオカラスモドキJapanese
  • didysis aplonisLithuanian
  • Grote PurperspreeuwDutch
  • brunvingestærNorwegian
  • skworczyk dużyPolish
  • estorninho-das-salomãoPortuguese
  • Соломоновский аплонисRussian
  • Соломоновский скворецRussian
  • majna šalamúnskaSlovak
  • brunvingestareSwedish
  • brunvingad stareSwedish
  • Solomon Adaları SığırcığıTurkish
  • шпак-малюк соломонськийUkrainian
  • 褐翅椋鳥Chinese
  • 褐翅輝椋鳥Chinese
  • 褐翅辉椋鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the brown-winged starling

Other species in the same genus Aplonis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown-winged starling?

An adult brown-winged starling weighs 134 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the brown-winged starling live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown-winged starling for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the brown-winged starling endangered?

The brown-winged starling is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown-winged starling?

The brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis) belongs to the family Sturnidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-winged-starling

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_winged_starling_2026,
  title = {Brown-winged starling (Aplonis grandis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-winged-starling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}