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title: "White-cheeked Starling"
description: "Spodiopsar cineraceus — Birds. The white-cheeked starling or grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) is a passerine bird of the starling family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-cheeked-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-cheeked Starling

> Spodiopsar cineraceus — Birds. The white-cheeked starling or grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) is a passerine bird of the starling family.

- Scientific name: *Spodiopsar cineraceus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 12387
- Wikidata: [Q27075595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075595)
- iNaturalist taxon: [547179](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/547179)

## Names

- en: White-cheeked Starling
- de: Weißwangenstar
- es: Estornino gris
- fr: Étourneau gris
- it: Storno guancebianche
- nl: Grijze Spreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-de-faces-brancas
- pl: Szpak szary

## Countries with the most observations

JP (5834), CN (2279), KR (726), RU (452), MO (141), HK (123), TW (110), MN (28), PH (27), SG (5), TH (5)

## Summary

The white-cheeked starling or grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) is a passerine bird of the starling family. It is native to eastern Asia where it is a common and well-known bird in much of its range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-cheeked_starling

## Photo

![White-cheeked Starling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-cheeked-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219476983

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-cheeked-starling?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).