Agropsar sturninus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.
The Daurian starling was previously placed in the genus Sturnus. It was moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2008. The Daurian starling is distinguished from other starling species by its dark mantle and crown and narrow wing bars.
The natural habitats of the Daurian starling are boreal forests and temperate forests. BirdLife International 2004. Sturnus sturninus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Wuhan | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Starling sighting in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Starling in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Bali Barat National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 280 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Daurian Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Daurian Starling sightings, Bali Barat National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, under 5%).
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Daurian Starling that you can see in Bali Barat National Park (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Bali Myna (about 70%), Javan Myna (about 40%) and Black-winged Starling (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Daurian Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Bali Barat National Park (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
