Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs White Star Apple

Agropsar philippensis compared with Gambeya albida

Key Differences

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while White Star Apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	White Star Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Sturnidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Gambeya
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Gambeya albida

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

White Star Apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	White Star Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

White Star Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

The Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species in the genus Agropsar. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.