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Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris   Linnaeus, 1758
 

Distribution: S Palearctic; introduced and widespread worldwide  (Map)

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References:
James F. Clements. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition, Cornell University Press (June 7, 2007)





Taxonomy
Red list  - Least Concern   [INFO]
Kingdom Animalia
Animals
Phylum Chordata
Chordates
Class Aves
Birds
Order Passeriformes
Perching Birds
Family Sturnidae
Starlings
Genus Sturnus
Species vulgaris
Common Starling
Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies/hybrids/varieties
Subspecies
granti
Azores
vulgaris
Canary Is. and Iceland to Ural Mts., N Ukraine and SE Europe
Introduced in temperate areas nearly worldwide
faroensis
Faeroes
zetlandicus
Shetland Islands
tauricus
E and s Ukraine, Crimea and Asia Minor
purpurascens
W Transcaucasia to Georgia and Armenia
caucasicus
Volga Delta and n Caucasus to Caspian Sea and s Iran
nobilior
Afghanistan, Transcaspia and Khorasan
poltaratskyi
E Ural Mountains to Lake Baikal, Kazakstan and w Mongolia
porphyronotus
S Dzungaria and Tien Shan Mts. to Pamir Mts. and Samarkand
humii
W Himalayas (Kashmir to Garhwal)
minor
Locally in w Pakistan (Sind)

Taxon names
  Swedish Stare
  German Star
  Danish Stær
  Spanish Estornino Pinto
  Estonian Kuldnokk
  Faroese Stari
  Finnish Kottarainen
  French Étourneau sansonnet
  Greenlandic Oqalloriusaq
  Hungarian Seregély
  Icelandic Stari
  Italian Storno europeo
  Japanese Hoshimukudori
  Latvian Mājas strazds
  Lithuanian Varnėnas
  Dutch Spreeuw
  Norwegian Stær
  Polish Szpak
  Portuguese Estorinho-malhado
  Sámi Stárra
  American European Starling
  Welsh Drudwen


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