---
title: "Maleise purperspreeuw"
description: "Aplonis panayensis — Vogels. The Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/asian-glossy-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maleise purperspreeuw

> Aplonis panayensis — Vogels. The Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

- Scientific name: *Aplonis panayensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 10599
- Wikidata: [Q517230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517230)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14965](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14965)

## Names

- en: Asian Glossy Starling
- de: Malaienstar
- es: Estornino bronceado
- fr: Stourne bronzé
- nl: Maleise purperspreeuw
- pl: Skworczyk zielony

## Countries with the most observations

SG (3076), MY (2586), TW (1994), PH (1023), ID (390), TH (378), IN (79), BN (65), HK (24), BD (11), CN (4), MO (4)

## Summary

The Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, northeastern India (Assam), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It has also been introduced to Taiwan.

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

## Photo

![Maleise purperspreeuw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-glossy-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fajar Alfitrian · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253269158

## Machine access

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