Key information
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults.
Length : 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in)
Wingspan: with a wingspan of 31–44 cm (12–17 in)
Weight : 58–101 g
Population : 150,000,000 individuals
Habitat: occasionally inhabit open forests and woodlands and are sometimes found in shrubby areas
Diet: food includes spiders, crane flies, moths, mayflies, dragonflies, damsel flies, grasshoppers, earwigs, lacewings, caddisflies, flies, beetles, sawflies, bees, wasps and ants
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