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Acridotheres tristis · Family Sturnidae
Acridotheres tristis
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,568,418
- Countries and territories with records
- 137
About this species
This species has 3,568,418 occurrence records from 137 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (37.6%), Australia (23.7%), Taiwan (7.7%), South Africa (5.8%) and the United States (5.5%); together they account for 80.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 2.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Acridotheres tristis combines the genus name Acridotheres with the species epithet tristis. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Acridotheres; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Acridotheres javanicus, Acridotheres fuscus and Acridotheres cristatellus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 10.5 times the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.