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Also, a species of this genus is the only starling found in northern Australia. [3] Asian species are most common in evergreen forests; 39 species found in Asia are predominantly forest birds as opposed to 24 found in more open or human modified environments.
Photographer Søren Solkær captures mesmerizing snapshots of starling murmurations, from Ireland to Italy.
Protozoan blood parasites of the genus Haemoproteus have been found in common starlings, [81] but a better known pest is the brilliant scarlet nematode Syngamus trachea. This worm moves from the lungs to the trachea and may cause its host to suffocate. In Britain, the rook and the common starling are the most infested wild birds. [82]
The genus name Sturnus is Latin for "starling". [2] Of the four species included by Linnaeus, the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is considered the type species. [3] The common and spotless starlings are particularly closely related, and interbreed to some extent where their ranges overlap in southwestern France and northeastern Spain.
Breathtaking "murmurations" - dark, shifting shapes that look like vast dancing clouds - fill the skies of southern Israel and surrounding areas in winter.
A large murmuration gathered above the village of Nobber in Co. Meath on March 8. Footage shows the acrobatic flock flowing in the sky creating an impressive sight. It is said that the birds ...
The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa.An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat.
Like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," a massive flock of Starlings are descending on a campground in a seaside resort town in Cornwall, England. To the campground officials' horror ...