๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Chestnut-tailed Starling live?

Sturnia malabarica has 166,785 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling โ€” Md shahanshah bappy / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesSturnidaeSturnia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 114,156
Taiwan 21,412
Bangladesh 8,836
Thailand 8,225
Nepal 7,302
Cambodia 2,306
Bhutan 1,771
China 825
Myanmar 697
Laos 633
Vietnam 444
Hong Kong 62
Pakistan 62
Sri Lanka 34
Iran 6
Philippines 5
Malaysia 2
United States 2
Germany 1
Spain 1
Indonesia 1
Madagascar 1
Oman 1

Related animals

Others in the family Sturnidae.

European Starling
European Starling
28,287,340 records
Common Myna
Common Myna
3,562,489 records
Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling
1,087,453 records
Javan Myna
Javan Myna
486,537 records
Jungle Myna
Jungle Myna
333,150 records
Cape Starling
Cape Starling
323,908 records
Asian Pied Starling
309,378 records
Red-winged Starling
Red-winged Starling
263,683 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.