Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris - Étourneau sansonnet

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Sturnidés
Genus
:
Sturnus
Species
:
vulgaris

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 21 cm
Wingspan
: 31 à 40 cm.
Weight
: 60 à 96 g

Longevity

15 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.

Subspecific information 13 subspecies

Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris (most of Europe)
Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus (Caucasus to s Iran)
Sturnus vulgaris faroensis (Faroe Is.)
Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus (Shetland Is.)
Sturnus vulgaris granti (Azores)
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi (se European Russia to w Mongolia)
Sturnus vulgaris tauricus (Ukraine, sw Russia and Turkey)
Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens (e Turkey, Georgia and Armenia)
Sturnus vulgaris oppenheimi (se Turkey and n Iraq)
Sturnus vulgaris nobilior (ne Iran, s Turkmenistan and Afghanistan)
Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus (e Kazakhstan and nw China to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan)
Sturnus vulgaris humii (w Himalayas)
Sturnus vulgaris minor (c and s Pakistan)

Foreign names

Étourneau sansonnet,
Estornino pinto,
estorninho-malhado,
Star,
seregély,
Spreeuw,
Storno,
stare,
Stær,
škorec obyčajný,
špaček obecný,
Stær,
kottarainen,
Europese Spreeu,
estornell comú,
Stari,
szpak (zwyczajny),
mājas strazds,
škorec,
Скворец,
ホシムクドリ,
紫翅椋鸟,
นกกิ้งโครงพันธุ์ยุโรป,
歐洲椋鳥〔紫翅椋鳥〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate ; Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

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