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Starlings

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae - starlings and mynas (31 genera)

Species on page (8 species in 5 genera depicted)

+ Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)

+ Suberb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
+ Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
+ Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
+ Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis)

+ European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
+ Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
+ Metallic starling (Alponis metallica)

See also

+ Sturnidae: Mynas

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Red-winged starling

starling

Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)
Residence
Rondebosch
Cape Town
April 4, 2013

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Tanzania

Superb starling

starling

Lamprotornis superbus
July, 2012

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Startling starlings
Ngorongoro Crater

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Hildebrandt's starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)

Hildebrandt's starling

starling

Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Family Sturnidae
July, 2012

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Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)

Cape glossy starling

Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
Family: Sturnidae
Order: Passeriformes
Okaukuejo
Etosha, Namibia
January 13, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
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Starling

Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
Family: Sturnidae
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Starling

Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
Family: Sturnidae
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis)

Burchell

Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis)
Etosha
Namibia
August 15, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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European or common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

palo alto baylands
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family: Sturnidae (starlings)
Palo Alto Baylands
May 19, 2019
Canon 7D markII

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New York 2018

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family: Sturnidae (starlings)
New York
December 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

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Europe in the US

european starling

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family: Sturnidae (starlings)
June 10, 2008
Bethesda

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Europe in Europe

ireland
Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family: Sturnidae
Northern Ireland
September 14, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Europe in Canada

starling

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family: Sturnidae
St. Johns, Canada
August 13, 2013
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Europe in Australia

european starling
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Hobart, Australia
August 27, 2015

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House by Anne Klein

hollywood

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Parent's house
Hollywood, Florida
April 1, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

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Violet-backed starling(Cinnyricinclus leucogaster )

Plum of the sky

Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster )
Family: Sturnidae
Livingstone waterworks
Zambia
February 23, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Metallic Starling (Alponis metallica)

san diego zoo
Metallic Starling (Alponis metallica)
San Diego Zoo
March 28, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Starling with larva

san diego zoo
Metallic Starling (Alponis metallica)
San Diego Zoo
March 28, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Last modified: April 6, 2019
Moved: February 7, 2015 (from starlings.html)
Created: April 4, 2013 (from grackles.html)
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