Agropsar philippensis
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The chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in Japan and the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuriles; it winters in Taiwan, the Philippines and northern Borneo.
The chestnut-cheeked 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. Wikipedia →
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Russian Federation · 2015
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Japan · 2021
© Timur Kalininsky · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-cheeked Starling sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 204th most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-cheeked Starling in Sepilok on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-cheeked 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.
Only Sepilok, in our data
Sepilok is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chestnut-cheeked Starling sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-cheeked Starling that you can see in Sepilok (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Asian Glossy Starling (about 50%), Javan Myna (about 50%) and Common Hill Myna (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-cheeked Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (15 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.
