---
title: "Estorninho-dáurico"
description: "Agropsar sturninus — Aves. The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/daurian-starling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Estorninho-dáurico

> Agropsar sturninus — Aves. The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.

- Scientific name: *Agropsar sturninus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 871
- Wikidata: [Q890912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [547201](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/547201)

## Names

- en: Daurian Starling
- de: Mongolenstar
- es: Estornino dáurico
- fr: Étourneau de Daourie
- nl: Daurische spreeuw
- pt: Estorninho-dáurico
- pl: Szpak mandżurski

## Countries with the most observations

RU (169), TH (134), SG (130), CN (124), MY (101), ID (40), IN (30), KR (29), HK (25), TW (12), MO (6), BD (3)

## Summary

The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.

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

## Photo

![Estorninho-dáurico](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/daurian-starling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219969855

## Machine access

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