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Red-winged starling

Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 127 g to 140 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)
Photo: Alandmanson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-winged starling

Weight
127 g – 140 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.05src 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
Not recorded

Photos of the red-winged starling

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Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the red-winged starling live?

Not recorded

What is the red-winged starling?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-winged starling” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-winged_starling&oldid=1361440688), 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 red-winged starling endangered?

The red-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 red-winged starling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusOnychognathus
  7. SpeciesOnychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Turdus morio

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • RWSTEnglish
  • RooivlerkspreeuAfrikaans
  • ازرزور ذو الجناح الأحمرArabic
  • estornell ala-roigCatalan
  • špaček rudokřídlýCzech
  • drudwen adeingochWelsh
  • Rødvinget SortstærDanish
  • RotschwingenstarGerman
  • ruĝflugila sturnoEsperanto
  • Estornino alirrojoSpanish
  • kalliorakkeliFinnish
  • Rufipenne morioFrench
  • Etourneau à bec robusteFrench
  • Druid deargeiteachIrish
  • crvenokrili čvorakCroatian
  • rőtszárnyú dalosseregélyHungarian
  • Կարմրաթև երկարապոչ սարյակArmenian
  • Storno alirosseItalian
  • アカバネテリムクJapanese
  • raudonsparnis ilgauodegis varnėnasLithuanian
  • RoodvleugelspreeuwDutch
  • rødvingestærNorwegian
  • czarnotek rudoskrzydłyPolish
  • estorninho-d'asa-ruivaPortuguese
  • estorninho-d'asa-castanhaPortuguese
  • estorninho-de-asa-castanhaPortuguese
  • Estorninho-de-asas-vermelhasPortuguese
  • Краснокрылый скворецRussian
  • Краснокрылый длиннохвостый скворецRussian
  • liskavec moriónovýSlovak
  • rödvingad glansstareSwedish
  • KızılkanatTurkish
  • моріо рудокрилийUkrainian
  • 紅翅椋鳥Chinese
  • 南非紅翅椋鳥Chinese
  • 红翅椋鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-winged starling

Other species in the same genus Onychognathus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-winged starling?

An adult red-winged starling weighs 127 g – 140 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-winged starling endangered?

The red-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 red-winged starling?

The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) belongs to the family Sturnidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_winged_starling_2026,
  title = {Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-winged-starling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}