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).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) [XC500593]
by Marc Anderson from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (call)
Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) [XC413613]
by David Farrow from north of Weda Resort, Central Halmahera, North Maluku (approx location), Indonesia (call)
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.