Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Spotless Starling* |
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Sturnus unicolor |
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Description (10)
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.
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) [XC448786]
by Regina Eidner from Santa Maria, Tavira, Faro, Portugal (call, song)
Spotless Starling (Sturnus) [XC149043]
by Espen Quinto-Ashman from Moraleja de Mata Cabras, Avila Province, Spain (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Formerly considered conspecific with Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Spotless Starling see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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