Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
(Starling, Common Starling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
GenusSturnus (starlings)
FamilySTURNIDAE (starlings)
OrderPASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling) :
1: Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
18 Jan 2017 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Murmuration at dusk
Image 1: Flock - close-up of dense partImage 2: Flock - close-up of dense part (2)Image 3: Flock - close-up of dense part (3)Image 4: Flock - close-up of dense part (4)Image 5: Flock - close-up of dense part (5)Image 6: Flock - close-up of dense part (6)Image 7: Flock - close-up of partImage 8: Flock - close-up of part (2)Image 9: Flock - close-up of part (3)Image 10: Flock - close-up of part (4)Image 11: MurmurationImage 12: Murmuration (2)Image 13: Murmuration (3)Image 14: Murmuration (4)Image 15: Murmuration (5)Image 16: Murmuration (6)Image 17: Murmuration - gyrationImage 18: Murmuration - gyration (2)Image 19: Numbers beginning to buildImage 20: Numbers beginning to build (2)Image 21: Numbers beginning to build (3)Image 22: Numbers starting to buildImage 23: Numbers starting to build (2)Image 24: Numbers starting to build (3)Image 25: Numbers starting to build (4)Image 26: Numbers starting to build (5)Image 27: Small flock, early onImage 28: Small flock, early on (2)Image 29: Small flock, early on (3)
2: Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
31 Dec 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
family groups around tables outside cafe
Image 1: Adult - autumn plumage - front viewImage 2: Adult - autumn plumage - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - autumn plumage - lateral view (2)Image 4: Adult - autumn plumage - lateral view (3)Image 5: Adult - autumn plumage - lateral view (4)Image 6: Adult - autumn plumage - lateral view (5)Image 7: Adult - autumn plumage - rear viewImage 8: Juvenile in first winter plumage - callingImage 9: Juvenile in first winter plumage - calling (2)Image 10: Juvenile in first winter plumage - calling (3)Image 11: Juvenile in first winter plumage - calling (4)Image 12: Juvenile in first winter plumage - calling (5)Image 13: Juvenile in first winter plumage - calling (6)Image 14: Juvenile in first winter plumage - front viewImage 15: Juvenile in first winter plumage - front view (2)Image 16: Juvenile in first winter plumage - front view (3)Image 17: Juvenile in first winter plumage - lateral viewImage 18: Juvenile in first winter plumage - lateral view (2)Image 19: Juvenile in first winter plumage - lateral view - head upImage 20: Juvenile in first winter plumage - lateral view - leaning forwardImage 21: Juvenile in first winter plumage - latero-ventral viewImage 22: Juvenile in first winter plumage - latero-ventral view (2)Image 23: Juvenile in first winter plumage - latero-ventral view (3)
3: Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
21 Feb 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: Adult - lateral viewImage 2: Adult - lateral view (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view (3)Image 4: Adult - lateral view (4)Image 5: Adult - latero-ventral viewImage 6: Adult - latero-ventral view (2)Image 7: Adult - latero-ventral view - looking down
4: Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
2 Jan 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
First year juvenile in autumn plumage
Image 1: Adult in fresh winter plumage - ventro-anterior viewImage 2: Adult in fresh winter plumage - ventro-anterior view (2)Image 3: Adult in fresh winter plumage - ventro-anterior view (3)
5: Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
24 May 2014 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
searching for food, in grass
Image 1: Adult - in grass - lateral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Feare, C.J. 1985 The Starling Shire natural History, 7, 24pp, Shire Publications Ltd.

Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sturnus vulgaris (Starling, Common Starling)
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