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	Common Starling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Starling or European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.
		The 19-22 cm long Common Starling must be one of the most familiar of birds in temperate regions, with its shiny fl plumage spangled with white.
		Originally the Starlings of Scotland and England were similar to those of the European mainland, but they died out in Scotland before 1800 and became rare in England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Starling (670 words)

	Invasion Biology Introduced Species Summary Project - Columbia University
		Starlings are particularly culpable in their assaults on crops such as grapes, olives, cherries and grains.
		The Common Myna, a relative of the Common Starling, was implicated in the spread of avian malaria in Hawaii.
		For example, starlings should be controlled in habitats of certain native birds that they out compete, as well as on the outskirts of their range to ensure that they do not become established in the Neotropics.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Sturnus_vulgaris.html (2126 words)

	Common Starling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Starling (''Sturnus vulgaris'') is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.
		The Starling is catholic in its choice of habitats, and can be found in any reasonable open environment from farmland to saltmarsh.
		Although there are approximately 200 million starlings in North America, they are all descendants of approximately 100 birds released in Central Park in the 1890s from Europeans.
	www.infothis.com /find/Common_Starling (441 words)

	Starling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae.
		Starlings occur naturally only in the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa), some forms as far east as Australia, but several European and Asian species have been introduced to North America and Australia; the Common Starling is a serious pest in both continents.
		Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and the members of the African genus Lamprotornis are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Starling (304 words)

	European Starlings: Information Resource on Sturnus Vulgaris
		Starling (NZBirds Gallery) The starling is native to Europe, where it remains one of that continent's most common birds.
		In 1890 about 60 starlings were imported to the United States by a group who wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned by William Shakespeare in his plays.Due to the starling’s ability to mimic human speech Shakespeare chose to include the starling in Henry IV, “The king forbade my tongue to speak of Mortimer.
		Male Starlings that have developed the most involved songs are considered to be the most desirable to hens, and females seem to be able to recognize the song of their mates.
	www.starlingtalk.com /european_starling.htm (2088 words)

	Birding Starlings - BirdingGuide.com
		Typical of starlings, the superb starling is a stout, medium sized bird (the glossy is slightly smaller, less robust) with a strong straight beak.
		One starling would insert its beak between the perch and the cage wire on which it sat, prying up on the perch with the lower beak (head upside down), succeeding in lifting the perch and itself on the perch.
		Starlings begin their breeding cycle very early and have claim to available cavities before the other species, which usually migrate, even arrive in spring.
	www.birdingguide.com /bird_families/starlings.htm (531 words)

	British Garden Birds - Starling
		Juvenile Starlings have grey-brown plumage with large white speckles on the underparts and light cream coloured throat, but moult completely in the autumn in to the spotty adult plumage, and dark greyish bill.
		Starlings are great at mimicry, with examples including machines, such as telephones and car alarms, and other birds, such as curlews and pied wagtails.
		Starling populations have declined seriously (by over 70%) in recent times and are on the Red List of birds of high conservation concern.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/starling.htm (860 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Starling
		Starling, common name applied to most species of a large and diverse family of passerine birds; some are called mynas.
		The chief surviving indigenous mammals of England include several species of deer, fox, hare, pony, otter, hedgehog, red squirrel, and badger.
		Grosbeak, common name for several species of large-billed seed-eating birds of the fringillid, or finch, family and of the emberizid family.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Starling.html (79 words)

	Starling, Birds, Starling, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The most common color is fl, and the plumage is often glossy.
		The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, native to Eurasia, has become widely established and has reached nuisance abundance in some areas, often driving out other birds.
		Starlings, however, are of some value in destroying insect pests and parasites.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=90 (144 words)

	The Superb Starling [print-friendly] : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		The superb starling is a small but distinctive bird with metallic greens and blues on its chest, back and wings and duller fl on top of its head.
		The superb starling is gregarious and feeds in groups on the ground, often near towns and fields or near animal herds.
		Starlings are all old world natives, mostly from Asia and Africa (except for the common starling, native to Europe, and one species in Australia).
	www.hoglezoo.org /animals/printable.php?id=176 (242 words)

	AllRefer.com - starling (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America.
		Starlings destroy some insects, but they are generally considered a nuisance since they drive away smaller, desirable birds.
		Starlings are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Sturnidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/starling.html (177 words)

	ADW: Sturnus vulgaris: Information
		Because of the starlings' high fertility as well as its polygyny, and its ability to utalize a broad spectrum of foods and habitats starlings are able to both multiply and invade rapidly.
		European starlings are able to reproduce and invade new areas rapidly because they have many babies each year and because they can use a variety of foods and habitats.
		The starling is one of the most abundant birds in the Sturnidae family, and is one of the most common birds in the world.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Sturnus_vulgaris.html (1793 words)

	Common Starling
		Common Starlings are 20 to 22cm in length.
		The Common Starling was introduced into Australia in the late 1850s through to 1870.
		Common Starlings are most often seen searching for seeds and insects on lawns and in paddocks.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/common_starling.htm (397 words)

	issg Database: Ecology of Sturnus vulgaris
		European starlings cost hundreds of millions of dollars in agricultural damage each year and contribute to the decline of local native bird species through competition for resources and nesting space.
		The european starling is a small bird approximately 21.5 cm, (eight and a half inches) long and weighing around 70 to 100grms (2.5 to 3.5 ounces).
		European starlings are omnivores and subsist mainly on seeds, insects, invertebrates, plants and fruit.
	www.issg.org /database/species/ecology.asp?si=74&fr=1&sts= (743 words)

	The Starling Lovers' Page
		Starlings being able to change their diets is one reason they are common.
		The reason starlings are so common is probably that they keep their young ones in the nest until they are ready to fly.
		When a starling incubates its eggs it first lays all of them because otherwise one will be bigger than the others.
	www.dpgraph.com /janine/starling.html (2025 words)

	Bird - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common characteristics of birds include a bony beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, high metabolic rate, and a light but strong skeleton.
		In most groups of animals, male parental care is rare, but in birds it is quite common; it is more extensive in birds than in any other vertebrate class.
		In North America, introduced House Sparrows, Common Starlings, and House Finches are similarly widespread.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bird.htm (2592 words)

	Splay treatment--how long? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common Starlings were introduced here under a program established by an Englishman, who, ignorant of the potential ecological consequences, wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned by Shakespeare to the US; the Starling in Shakespeare was a tame bird that recited: "Mortimer!".
		Konrad Lorenz highly recommended handreared Common Starlings as pets, because they bond strongly to the person who reared them; he also noted that you must rear the Starling yourself if you desire a strongly (and permanently) bonded pet Starling, and that a 2 week old nestling isn't too old for such bonding to occur.
		Fledgling Common Starlings (and Crows and House Sparrows) are among the most vocal of Passerine birds at this age.
	www.dovepage.com /cgi-dovepage/mb/690.shtml (2129 words)

	The Starling Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The extinct Kosrae Starling (A. corvina) was native to the Caroline Islands.
		The Hildebrandt Starling (S. hildebrandtii or L. hildebrantii) is very similar in appearance and is sometimes confused with the Superb Starling; however, it lacks the white area on the lower breast.
		Amethyst Starling, one of the smallest and gentlest of theSturnidae.
	www.starlinghouse.org.uk /family.htm (1872 words)

	Starling at exZOOberance!
		Relatively few starlings are native to northern areas of Europe and Asia; about half of the species inhabit Africa and most of the rest live in southern Asia and the East Indies.
		Common starlings are omnivorous feeders and are lively and active.
		The song of the common starling is a composite of squeaky sounds, clear whistles, and imitations of other birds or even barking dogs.
	www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/starling/starling.htm (456 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common over all parts of North America from northern Mexico to southern Canada, this small fl bird is most easily identified by it’s violet and green reflections, white or fawn flecks and it’s incessant chatter when ground feeding in a typical flock.
		Starlings are widely known as mimics, and long-time observers have heard the starling mimic over fifty different bird species as well as barking dogs, human speech, operating machinery, and various musical themes.
		The starling is very selective in it’s choices of nesting locations, with the strongest and oldest birds often having the most desirable nest locations, sites that they will virtually fight to the death to defend (Lawren, 1).
	www.tc-homes.com /dennis/shakespeareslegacy.doc (1676 words)

	STARLING - Definition
		common starling, family Sturnidae, mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird, oscine, oscine bird, Pastor roseus, Pastor sturnus, rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling, Sturnidae, Sturnus vulgaris
		The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish fl, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white.
		The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/Starling (103 words)

	Birds - The Common Starling
		The Common Starling is a bird of passage, arriving in England about the beginning of March and leaving some time in October.
		As the breeding season advances, these prodigious flights divide, and finally separate into pairs, and form their summer settlements." The Starling is a handsome bird and usually nests in old buildings, though it has a preference for a dove-cote if it can gain admission.
		It is a peaceable bird and for all its military evolutions does not seem to war with other species.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles03/birds22.shtml (163 words)

	Starling - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Smaller than flbirds, with a short tail, pointed head, triangular wings, starlings look fl at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens.
		Their flight is fast and direct and they walk and run confidently on the ground.
		Noisy and gregarious, starlings spend a lot of the year in flocks.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/s/starling/index.asp (277 words)

	Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus
		Kenya: Widespread and very common throughout Kenya except for the coastal strip south of Malindi and the humid areas of the West.
		A very common bird, the only way to avoid seeing it in Kenya is to keep your eyes permanently closed.
		The Superb Starling differs from Hildebrandt's in having white, not red, eyes and a white breast-band.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /sup_star.htm (140 words)

	starling on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ineffectiveness of sulfur-based odors as nesting deterrents against European starlings (1).
		Kitty Starling, shown at her home in Kissimmee, Florida, on Tuesday, January 6, 2004, still gets choked up when talking about Charlie's plate which used to sit in the cabinet next to a plate her daugh
		Nicole Starling, left, and Jason Robinson sing "Unchained Melody" at the "Lost in the in the '50s" in Branson, Missouri.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/starling.asp (418 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from New Zealand
		Paradise Shelducks were common, Black-billed Gulls starting to show and a beautiful immature Black Stilt was found close to the airfield.
		Common Diving-petrel, 30. Common in the middle of the crossing, several seen close to the ferry.
		Australasian Coot, 10. Common in the larger lakes.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/new-zealand/nz8/nz-nov-03.htm (4193 words)

	May 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common migrants included 2 Teal, Tufted Duck, Knot (year-tick), Sanderling, 36 Swallows, 14 House Martins, Nightingale, 4 Sedge Warblers, 7 Lesser Whitethroats, 5 Whitethroats, 3 Garden Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs and 5 Spotted Flycatchers.
		A Rosy Starling flew past the Obs after breakfast, a red male Common Rosefinch was at the Obs at lunch-time and an Osprey flew north over the Obs at 22:00!
		Census produced a Common Sandpiper, 2 Tree Pipits, Yellow Wagtail, the Nightingale, 100 Wheatears, 3 Redwings, Sedge Warbler, female Blackcap, 4 Willow Warblers, Spotted Flycatcher, the female Pied Flycatcher, 3 Tree Sparrows and a different Crossbill.
	www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk /Sightings/2004/may_2004.htm (2012 words)

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