European Starling Images, Facts and Information:
Sturnus vulgaris
- European Starlings are small, chunky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, sharply pointed bills and have a purple and green iridescence to their feathers. European Starlings have white spots during the winter and they are glossy during the breeding season.
- Northern European Starlings migrate.
- European Starlings are nonnative and were introduced in the early 1890’s, about 100 birds were released in what is today’s Central Park in New York City, they number in the 200 million range today.
- An individual European Starling can mimic up to 20 other bird species.
- European Starling preferred habitats include cities, farmlands, ranches, suburban areas, parks and golf courses.
- European Starlings eat fruits, plants, seeds, insects, small vertebrates, spiders and earthworms.
- European Starlings lay 4 to 8 eggs which hatch in 12 to 14 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of European Starlings can be called a “filth”, “vulgarity”, “scourge”, “murmuration” and “constellation” of starlings.
- European Starlings can live to be more than 15 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my European Starling photos.
European Starling perched on rusty barbed wire
Title: European Starling perched on rusty barbed wire
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/17/2018
Molting juvenile European Starling
Title: Molting juvenile European Starling
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/22/2017
Adult European Starling in nonbreeding plumage
Title: Adult European Starling in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/22/2017
Flock of birds and an American Bison
Title: Flock of birds and an American Bison
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/7/2015
Starlings and a Bison bull in snow
Title: Starlings and a Bison bull in snow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014
Bison bull and starlings in falling snow
Title: Bison bull and starlings in falling snow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/29/2014
Flock of European Starlings and an American Bison bull
Title: Flock of European Starlings and an American Bison bull
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
Flock of Europeans Starlings in a ball
Title: Flock of Europeans Starlings in a ball
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
European Starlings and an American Bison bull
Title: European Starlings and an American Bison bull
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
American Bison, European Starlings and a stormy sky background
Title: American Bison, European Starlings and a stormy sky background
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
Bison and birds on a hill
Title: Bison and birds on a hill
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
Flock of European Starlings landing on an American Bison’s back
Title: Flock of European Starlings landing on an American Bison’s back
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
Close up of a Bison and European Starlings
Title: Close up of a Bison and European Starlings
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2014
European Starling on rusty barbed wire
Title: European Starling on rusty barbed wire
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2014
European Starling eating Brine flies on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake
Title: European Starling eating Brine flies on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/13/2013
Bison licking its nose with European Starlings on its back
Title: Bison licking its nose with European Starlings on its back
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2012
Flock of European Starlings with a Bison
Title: Flock of European Starlings with a Bison
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2012
European Starling landing on a Bison’s back
Title: European Starling landing on a Bison’s back
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2012
European Starlings and an American Bison with its tongue stuck out
Title: European Starlings and an American Bison with its tongue stuck out
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/5/2012
European Starling hitching a ride on an American Bison
Title: European Starling hitching a ride on an American Bison
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/24/2012