Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris - Étourneau sansonnet
Description identification
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〕,
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
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes