Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Acridotheres tricolor (Acridotheres tricolor), recorded as Critically Endangered
Acridotheres tricolor (Acridotheres tricolor). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Acridotheres tricolor

Acridotheres tricolor

The tricolor melanopterus (Acridotheres melanopterus tricolor.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Acridotheres tricolor
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Sturnidae · Acridotheres

Appearance

The tricolor melanopterus (Acridotheres melanopterus tricolor. Syn: Acridotheres tricolor) is a taxon of birds in the starling family (Sturnidae), endemic to southeastern Java.

Range and habitat

Its habitats are savannahs, dry and wet subtropical and tropical scrub, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, arable fields and grasslands.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Its state of conservation is considered to be in danger of extinction.

Acridotheres tricolor is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Catalan Wikipedia article on Mainà tricolor, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q31874136. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Acridotheres tertius (Acridotheres tertius), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Acridotheres tertius

Acridotheres tertius
Photograph of Black-winged Starling (Acridotheres melanopterus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Black-winged Starling

Acridotheres melanopterus
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Acridotheres tricolor?
The tricolor melanopterus (Acridotheres melanopterus tricolor.
What is the conservation status of Acridotheres tricolor?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Acridotheres tricolor. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Acridotheres tricolor live?
Its habitats are savannahs, dry and wet subtropical and tropical scrub, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, arable fields and grasslands.
Why is Acridotheres tricolor in crisis?
Its state of conservation is considered to be in danger of extinction.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Acridotheres tricolor?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Acridotheres tricolor a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.