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title: "White-shouldered Starling"
description: "Sturnia sinensis — Birds. The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-shouldered-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-shouldered Starling

> Sturnia sinensis — Birds. The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae.

- Scientific name: *Sturnia sinensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1427
- Wikidata: [Q1588185](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588185)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145102](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145102)

## Names

- en: White-shouldered Starling
- de: Mandarinstar
- es: Estornino chino
- fr: Étourneau mandarin
- nl: Mandarijnspreeuw
- pt: Sturnus sinensis
- pl: Szpak chiński

## Countries with the most observations

HK (433), TW (235), CN (182), VN (147), TH (100), MO (51), KR (45), SG (37), JP (20), PH (20), KH (11)

## Summary

The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae. It breeds in southern China and northern Vietnam; it winters in Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346754882

## Machine access

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