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Rosy Starling

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Rosy Starling

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Also known as Pastor roseus

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Rosy Starling, scientifically named *Pastor roseus*, is a species within the genus *Pastor*. It belongs to the class Aves and is also referred to by the names Розовый скворец, Storno roseo, and Rosenstar. The species has a recorded mass of 79.6 and a litter size of 4.2.

Its range includes the Nanling Mountains and Africa. The IUCN Red List assigned the species a conservation status of Least Concern in 2025. The taxon was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Rosy Starling

species

Observations4,330

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Encyclopedic overview

The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), also known as the rose-coloured starling or rose-coloured pastor, is a passerine bird in the starling family. The species was recently placed in its own monotypic genus, Pastor, and split from Sturnus. This split is supported by recent studies, though other related species within its new genus are not yet known for certain.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rosy Starling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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