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Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and 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. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare., 1790-1796.

Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and 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. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare., 1790-1796.
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Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and 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. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare., 1790-1796
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28.3 x 39.1 cm | 11.1 x 15.4 in (300 dpi)
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1790-1796 • 20 CM • 8 • ADULT • ADULTS • ANATOMY: LEG • BILL (INVOICE) • BILL OF SALE • BILL • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BRITISH ISLES • BROWNER PLUMAGE • COMMERCE: BILL • COMMON STARLING • COMMUNAL ROOSTS • ELDER • EUROPEAN STARLING • GIFT • GLOSSY BLACK PLUMAGE • GREGARIOUS SITUATIONS • LEG • LEG, ANATOMY • LEGS • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • LONG • MABINOGION • MEDIUM-SIZED PASSERINE BIRD • METALLIC SHEEN • MIMICRY • NEGRA • NOISY BIRD • NOTED • PINK • PLINY • PRINT • SEASON: SUMMER • SPECKLED • STARLING FAMILY • STARLING • STURNIDAE • STURNUS VULGARIS • SUMMER • SUMMERS • SUMMERTIME • TIMES • UNMUSICAL • VARIED SONG • WHITE • WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE • WINTER • WINTRY • WORKS • WRITER • YEAR • YELLOW • YOUNG BIRDS