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Brahminy Starling
Sturnia pagodarum · Family Sturnidae
Sturnia pagodarum
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 231,513
- Countries and territories with records
- 32
About this species
This species has 231,513 occurrence records from 32 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). India accounts for 97.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In India, this species accounts for 0.37% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sturnia pagodarum combines the genus name Sturnia with the species epithet pagodarum. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Sturnia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sturnia malabarica, Sturnia blythii and Sturnia sinensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 67.9% of the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.