A starling found mainly in Thailand. It uses open grassland, farmland, and towns, and has distinctive forehead and eye-area features.
Thai floweri individuals examined in a genomic-taxonomy study had more extensive white forehead streaking and more bare red-orange skin around the eye than related groups.
It occurs in a wide variety of open areas with scattered trees, grasslands, cultivated areas, and urban settings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.