This starling is endemic to India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It uses forest edges and open places, where it feeds on fruit and other foods.
Its head and breast are white, its wings and tail are black, and its rump is cinnamon-colored.
It uses forest edges, clearings, secondary growth, and treed farmland, eating fruit as well as nectar and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.