---
title: "Tristrams spreeuw"
description: "Onychognathus tristramii — Vogels. Tristram's starling (Onychognathus tristramii), also known as Dead Sea starling or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tristram-s-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tristrams spreeuw

> Onychognathus tristramii — Vogels. Tristram's starling (Onychognathus tristramii), also known as Dead Sea starling or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East.

- Scientific name: *Onychognathus tristramii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1252
- Wikidata: [Q916098](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916098)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14978)

## Names

- en: Tristram's Starling
- de: Tristramstar
- es: Estornino de Tristram
- fr: Rufipenne de Tristram
- nl: Tristrams spreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-de-asa-ruiva
- pl: Czarnotek arabski

## Countries with the most observations

IL (683), JO (180), OM (118), SA (86), PS (55), EG (38), AE (3)

## Summary

Tristram's starling (Onychognathus tristramii), also known as Dead Sea starling or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East. It is the only member of the genus Onychognathus found mainly outside of Africa. The species is named after Reverend Henry Baker Tristram, who collected natural history specimens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram%27s_starling

## Photo

![Tristrams spreeuw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tristram-s-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64113898

## Machine access

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