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) [XC89496]
by Frank Lambert from Foli, Halmahera, Indonesia (call)
Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis) [XC121996]
by Marc Thibault from Kanike, Seram, Maluku, Indonesia (song)
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.