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 comune,
Stare,
Stær,
škorec obyčajný,
špaček obecný,
Stær,
kottarainen,
Europese Spreeu,
estornell comú,
Stari,
szpak (zwyczajny),
mājas strazds,
škorec,
Обыкновенный скворец,
ホシムクドリ,
紫翅椋鸟,
นกกิ้งโครงพันธุ์ยุโรป,
歐洲椋鳥〔紫翅椋鳥〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

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 (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.

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