Common name: Starling, Common Starling, European Starling
Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris 歐洲椋鳥、歐洲八哥、紫翅椋鳥
Genus: Sturnus 椋鳥屬
Family: Sturnidae 椋鳥科, starlings, mynas 八哥、鷯哥, oxpeckers 啄牛鳥、牛椋鳥
Order: Order: Passeriformes 雀形目
Remarks: previously known as Corvus monedula, belonged to Corvus 鴉屬.
Status: Locally common resident. Red in UK conservation status. Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Date: 28th July
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Note the juvenile on the right.
A flock of starlings perching on the seacoast.
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