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Rennell starling

Aplonis insularis Mayr, 1931

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The rennell starling (Aplonis insularis) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 69.9 g to 70 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the rennell starling

Weight
69.9 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
Not recorded
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 rennell 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 rennell 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

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

What is the rennell starling?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Rennell starling (Aplonis insularis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.

The plumage of the Rennell starling is blackish with a green-blue gloss. It has a yellow-orange eye and a short tail. It is an abundant bird of tropical moist lowland forests, secondary growth and coconut plantations.

From the Wikipedia article “Rennell starling” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rennell_starling&oldid=1380009908), 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 rennell starling endangered?

The rennell 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.

How is the rennell starling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusAplonis
  7. SpeciesAplonis insularis Mayr, 1931
Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • estornell de l'illa RennellCatalan
  • špaček rennellskýCzech
  • drudwen Ynys RennellWelsh
  • Rennell TræstærDanish
  • RennellstarGerman
  • Rennell-StarGerman
  • renela sturnoEsperanto
  • Estornino de la RennellSpanish
  • rennellinkottarainenFinnish
  • Stourne de RennellFrench
  • renelski čvorakCroatian
  • rennell-szigeti énekesseregélyHungarian
  • Storno di RennellItalian
  • レンネルカラスモドキJapanese
  • saliamoninis aplonisLithuanian
  • RennellpurperspreeuwDutch
  • rennellstærNorwegian
  • skworczyk wyspowyPolish
  • estorninho-da-rennellPortuguese
  • estorninho-de-rennellPortuguese
  • Реннелльский аплонисRussian
  • Реннелльский скворецRussian
  • majna ostrovnáSlovak
  • rennellstareSwedish
  • Rennell SığırcığıTurkish
  • шпак-малюк ренельськийUkrainian
  • 伦岛辉椋鸟Chinese
  • 倫島輝椋鳥Chinese
  • 連內爾輝椋鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the rennell starling

Other species in the same genus Aplonis.

CompareRennell starling vs Asian glossy starlingRennell starling vs Metallic starlingRennell starling vs Polynesian starlingRennell starling vs Kosrae starling

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rennell starling?

An adult rennell starling weighs 69.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the rennell starling live?

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

Is the rennell starling endangered?

The rennell 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 rennell starling?

The rennell starling (Aplonis insularis) belongs to the family Sturnidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rennell starling (Aplonis insularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rennell-starling

MLA

“Rennell starling (Aplonis insularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rennell-starling.

BibTeX
@misc{rennell_starling_2026,
  title = {Rennell starling (Aplonis insularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rennell-starling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}