What Bird?🦜🌍🌏 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #CommonStarling #EuropeanStarling #SturnusVulgaris | #Starlings #StarlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TheOtherKev🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
bewilderbeast23@mybirdcards TIL that those spots on starlings are heart-shaped! I like them more now (but still not so much in South Africa, where they're spreading apace).
@bewilderbeast23 Yes, it's such a pity that they have become a problem species outside of their native range. Shakespeare has a lot to answer for in North America! 🙂 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/essay-are-starlings-really-invasive-aliens/
Essay: Are Starlings Really "Invasive Aliens"?
From the Spring 2021 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. European Starlings are pests: they sometimes eject bluebird eggs from nest boxes, and they eat millions of dollars of grain each year. Officially, the European Starling is designated as an invasive alien species in North America.