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Short-tailed starling

Aplonis minor (Bonaparte, 1850)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 42 g to 42.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor)
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the short-tailed starling

Weight
42 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
Not recorded

Where does the short-tailed starling live?

Not recorded

What is the short-tailed starling?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Short-tailed starling” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short-tailed_starling&oldid=1315211867), 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 short-tailed starling endangered?

The short-tailed 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 short-tailed starling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusAplonis
  7. SpeciesAplonis minor (Bonaparte, 1850)

Synonyms Lamprotornis minor

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • estornell cuacurtCatalan
  • špaček malýCzech
  • drudwen gotaWelsh
  • Lille TræstærDanish
  • SundastarGerman
  • Sunda-StarGerman
  • kurtvosta sturnoEsperanto
  • Estornino colicortoSpanish
  • celebesinkiiltokottarainenFinnish
  • Stourne à queue courteFrench
  • szunda-szigeteki énekesseregélyHungarian
  • Perling kecilIndonesian
  • Storno codacortaItalian
  • コミドリカラスモドキJapanese
  • mažasis aplonisLithuanian
  • korthalestærNorwegian Bokmål
  • Kleine PurperspreeuwDutch
  • kortstjertstærNorwegian
  • skworczyk krótkosternyPolish
  • estorninho-de-cauda-curtaPortuguese
  • Малый аплонисRussian
  • Зондский скворецRussian
  • majna krátkochvostáSlovak
  • Kratkorepi čvorakSerbian
  • kortstjärtad stareSwedish
  • Kısa Kuyruklu SığırcıkTurkish
  • шпак-малюк короткохвостийUkrainian
  • 短尾輝椋鳥Chinese
  • 短尾辉椋鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the short-tailed 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 short-tailed starling?

An adult short-tailed starling weighs 42 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the short-tailed starling endangered?

The short-tailed 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 short-tailed starling?

The short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor) belongs to the family Sturnidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-starling

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BibTeX
@misc{short_tailed_starling_2026,
  title = {Short-tailed starling (Aplonis minor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-starling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}