Common starling

Sturnus vulgaris · Sturnidae

The common starling, also known simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, and as the European starling in North America, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of the year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults.

Where the Common starling lives

Recorded in United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway (North America, Europe and Oceania).

Introduced, not native, in United States of America, Canada and Ashmore and Cartier Is..

Most records fall in Rogaland, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Gelderland, California and Texas.

See the Common starling’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 28,338,326 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.