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Another non-native pest is the European starling, also brought over by immigrants a couple centuries ago, which also steals native cavity-nesting birds’ preferred hollow cavities in trees.
For its role in the decline of local native species and the damages to agriculture, the common starling has been included in the IUCN List of the world's 100 worst invasive species. [121] European, or common, starlings are habitat generalists meaning they are able to exploit a multitude of habitats, nest sites and food sources.
Several European and Asian species have been introduced to these areas, as well as North America, Hawaii, and New Zealand, where they generally compete for habitats with native birds and are considered to be invasive species. The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the common starling, and throughout much of ...
A flock of starlings in Denmark. Flocks of this size and larger are common in North America following the successful introduction of the species in the 19th century. The American Acclimatization Society was a group founded in New York City in 1871 dedicated to introducing European flora and fauna into North America for both economic and ...
Here are the invasive species recognized in Missouri: Mammals: feral hogs. Aquatic animals: silver carp, invasive crayfish and zebra mussels. Birds: pigeons and European starlings. Insects ...
European starlings in New York. As the name would suggest, European starlings originated from Europe and first arrived in New York City’s Central Park in 1890. The longtime residency in the ...
European starlings and house sparrows compete with martins for nest cavities. Where purple martins once gathered in the thousands, by the 1980s they had all but disappeared. [25] Though classified as being of least concern by the IUCN, [26] purple martins are experiencing a unique threat to their long-term survival. Nearly all eastern members ...
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...