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Tasman starling

Aplonis fusca Gould, 1836

Status not recordedsongbirdsExtinct

The tasman starling (Aplonis fusca) is a species in the family Sturnidae, order Passeriformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the tasman starling

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the tasman 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 tasman 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

Is the tasman starling endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tasman starling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familySturnidae
  6. genusAplonis
  7. SpeciesAplonis fusca Gould, 1836

Synonyms Aplornis fusca, Aplornis fusca fusca

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Norfolk island starlingEnglish
  • Norfolk starlingEnglish
  • Norfolk starling or Tasman starlingEnglish
  • špaček norfolckýCzech
  • drudwen Ynys NorfolkWelsh
  • Norfolk TræstærDanish
  • NorfolkstarGerman
  • norfolka sturnoEsperanto
  • Estornino de NorfolkSpanish
  • norfolkinsaarenkottarainenFinnish
  • Stourne de NorfolkFrench
  • norfolški čvorakCroatian
  • norfolk-szigeti énekesseregélyHungarian
  • Storno di NorfolkItalian
  • ノーフォークカラスモドキJapanese
  • norfolkinis aplonisLithuanian
  • Bruine PurperspreeuwDutch
  • norfolkstærNorwegian
  • skworczyk ogorzałyPolish
  • estorninho-da-norfolkPortuguese
  • Норфолкский аплонисRussian
  • majna norfolskáSlovak
  • Čvorak sa ostrva NorfolkSerbian
  • norfolkstareSwedish
  • Norfolk Adası SığırcığıTurkish
  • шпак-малюк норфолцькийUkrainian
  • 绿头辉椋鸟Chinese
  • Norfolk-StarGerman
  • Estornino de la NorfolkSpanish
  • estorninho-de-norfolkPortuguese
  • Норфолкский скворецRussian
  • 諾福克輝椋鳥Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tasman starling

Other species in the same genus Aplonis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the tasman starling live?

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

What kind of animal is the tasman starling?

The tasman starling (Aplonis fusca) 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). Tasman starling (Aplonis fusca). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasman-starling

MLA

“Tasman starling (Aplonis fusca).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasman-starling.

BibTeX
@misc{tasman_starling_2026,
  title = {Tasman starling (Aplonis fusca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasman-starling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}