Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.
The genus Spodiopsar was introduced in 1889 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.
[2][3][4] Sharpe subsequently designated the type species as Sturnus sericeus J.F.
Gmelin, 1789, the red-billed starling.
[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".