Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)

Other Names (World)
Spotless Starling, Mediterranean Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1820

Habitat
Temperate grassland, shrubland, urban areas, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Algeria, France (B) (NB), Gibraltar (B) (NB), Italy (B) (NB), Morocco, Portugal (B) (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Tunisia.

Vagrant to Denmark, Greece, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000,000 - 20,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (369)...)

Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) [XC624246]
by Nicolas Martinez from Pla\u00e7a Vila VNG - Catalunya, Spain (call)

Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) [XC402293]
by Michel Veldt from Bajo Guadalquivir (near Los Chapatales), Sevilla, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain (alarm call, flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Formerly considered conspecific with Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

References
See References.

Files:

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Spotless Starling see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Spotless Starling

If you would like to read any articles about the Spotless Starling...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Spotless Starling

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Spotless Starling or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (5)

No Videos of Spotless Starling

If Birdpedia has no videos of Spotless Starling or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)