Banggai Is and Sula Is, off eastern Sulawesi; Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bacan, Obi, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Haruku and Saparua, in Moluccas; and West Papuan Is (Gebe, Ajoe, Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool, and some smaller islets).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) [XC121996]
by Marc Thibault from Kanike, Seram, Maluku, Indonesia (song)
Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) [XC413612]
by Marc Anderson from north of Weda Resort, Central Halmahera, North Maluku (approx location), Indonesia (call, (in flight at end))
Subspecies
Genus name sometimes given as Aplornis. Geographical variation trivial. Birds from from Banggai Is described as subspecies persimilis, those from Sula Is as sulaensis, and those from Halmahera as forsteni, but all considered inseparable from birds of this species elsewhere in range.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet