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European Starling
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| Length: |
8.5 inches |
Song: |
sings various trilling
melodies, whistles, clatters, twitters. |
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Wingspan: |
15.5 inches |
Behavior: |
Juveniles form foraging flocks.
Joins other species in winter roosts which may number more than a
million birds. |
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Weight: |
3.0 ounces |
Breeding: |
Monogamous. Often forms loose
colonies. Some individual males polygynous. Aggressive for nesting
chambers. |
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Habitat: |
Open Landscape,
Grasslands,Tundras, savanna, coastal ponds/sloughs, salt, brackish or
freshwater, coastal marshes, coastal wetlands, salt marshes, prairie
potholes. |
Population: |
Common, stable over most of the
continent. |
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Migration: |
Northern birds migrate |
Feeders: |
Bread, peanut butter, suet, and
small seeds. Uses bluebirds-sized or larger nest boxes. |
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Appearance: |
Buffy and edging feathers, long
pointed yellow bill, black with a sheen of green and purple, short
tail. |
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Interesting Facts: |
Eurasian species was introduced
to North America in 1890 in New York City's Central Park and has become
so well established that large flocks have become a nuisance.
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Compiled by
Cameron, Middletown
Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America by Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos used with permission from
Richard Healy.
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