Scientific Name: Sturnus vulgaris Common Name: Common Starling Other Names: Europian Starling
Identifying Features: purple-black head and chest, yellow beak, black songbird, speckled plumage, triangular-shaped flight
Fun Facts:
- Common Starling can mimic human voice. Also, some of them can imitate songs of other species of birds.
- In older times, Common Starling was considered as a game bird of Europe and was hunted for food.
This image was clicked by Sudeshna Dey.
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