The Samoan Starling is endemic to the Samoan Archipelago. A National Park of American Samoa survey recorded it in native forest and human-dominated forest, including fruiting trees.
The ageing manual describes adults as glossy on the head and breast; younger birds are browner and duller.
A National Park of American Samoa survey reports foraging in fruiting native trees and use of human-dominated and disturbed forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.