Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae (Starlings, Rhabdornises)  
Genus: Sturnus (2 species)


Spotless Starling
Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
Range: PAL: sw Europe and n Africa: Iberian Pen., far sw France, Balearic Is., Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily; sw Morocco to n Tunisia
Estremadura, Spain  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Common Starling
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris)
Range: PAL: w, c, introduced worldwide
Bulgaria  
   
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.

Introduced from Europe to the Americans over a hundred years ago. These starling migrate slowly in large numbers to and from Central America.


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