Starling

Sturnus vulgaris
Starlings (Sturnidae)

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Glowing black with a green or purple sheen, light speckles on its belly and shoulder. In winter more speckled than in summer. The gender difference is difficult to spot; the ♀ has larger feathers with larger markings.

Always in groups but in autumn seen in very large flocks over the fields where they launch and land together and can appear like a huge cloud on the horizon.

⇔ l. 19-21 cm

It is a migratory bird but in northern Europe, there are always Starlings. The summer residents move to the south in winter while in winter the Starlings from up north arrive.

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