Sturnia is a genus of Asian birds in the starling family Sturnidae.

[2] The genus Sturnia was introduced in 1837 by the French naturalist René Lesson.

This is a junior synonym of Oriolus sinensis Gmelin, 1778, the white-shouldered starling.

On the other hand, if these distinct genera are maintained, the white-faced starling would then receive its own genus, Sturnornis.

); these four form a robust and ancient group of two sister species that is perhaps even closer to the wattled starling (Creatophpora cinerea) than to the actual genus Sturnus.