---
title: "Pasterz"
description: "Pastor roseus — Ptaki. The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), also known as the rose-coloured starling, is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rosy-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pasterz

> Pastor roseus — Ptaki. The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), also known as the rose-coloured starling, is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae.

- Scientific name: *Pastor roseus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4630
- Wikidata: [Q20823352](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20823352)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145108](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145108)

## Names

- en: Rosy Starling
- de: Rosenstar
- es: Estornino Rosado
- fr: Étourneau roselin
- pt: Estorninho-rosado
- pl: Pasterz

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1915), RU (744), KZ (283), UA (272), LK (131), FR (71), GE (61), AM (58), GB (54), TR (51), IT (50), PK (41)

## Summary

The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), also known as the rose-coloured starling, is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. The species was restored to its own monotypic genus Pastor in 2008, formerly being included in a wide interpretation of the genus Sturnus. This split is supported by further studies, with its closest relative now thought to be the wattled starling (Creatophora cinerea) of tropical Africa, with these two then closest to a large group of Asian starlings and mynas.

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

## Photo

![Pasterz](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rosy-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193008219

## Machine access

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