Aplonis minor
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short-tailed Starling sighting in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 113th most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August and October–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short-tailed Starling in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-tailed Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bali Barat National Park, in our data
Bali Barat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Short-tailed Starling sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Short-tailed 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 Short-tailed Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Bali Barat National Park (56 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.
