Have you ever noticed those glossy, dark-colored birds that seem to be everywhere in North America? Those are European ...

European starlings, an invasive species in the U.S., lay blue eggs often mistaken for those of bluebirds or robins. Unlike ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold ...

The European starling is nowhere to be found in Matt Kracht’s “A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever,” a compendium that includes chapters on “creeps and weirdos” and ...

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The common European starling was recently placed on the red list as a bird of high conservation concern. In the UK, staring numbers have dropped by 67% since the early 1970s. The decline in starlings ...

This study has shown that birds that are more widespread, such as the house sparrow and the common starling, can also face threats to ... The researchers drew on data for the population trends of 159 ...

some fans of William Shakespeare brought about 100 European starlings to the United States. Shakespeare often wrote about starlings, and the group wanted to introduce the birds to America.

I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious ... leaden sky—all from the clattering yellow bill of a single European starling. I stood, hose still running, rooted with delight.

This study has shown that birds that are more widespread, such as the house sparrow and the common starling ... data for the population trends of 159 European breeding bird species across 29 ...