A medium-sized gray and grayish-brown starling with a thin dark eye mask and a pale yellow eye. Prefers undisturbed montane forest above 150 meters of elevation, but occurs irregularly down to 30 meters. Pohnpei Starling is much smaller and uniformly matte grayish-brown with a dark eye. Rarotonga’s voice consists mostly of squeaks, whistles, and bell-like notes.