| Common Name: | Starling, European | | Scientific Name: | Sturnus vugaris | | Family: | Sturnidae | | Area: | Mehl Creek Road - Elkton, Oregon | | Date: | October 28, 2013 | 
European Starlings were introduced in New York at the turn of the century and have spread throughout the USA. Considered a nuisance, they travel in large flocks, competing with native species and taking over nesting sites. The top photo represents the adult non-breeding plumage, the second photo is the breeding plumage, the third photo is a juvenile, the fourth photo shows juvenile into adult plumage. | 
Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona - - - February 27, 2011 | 
Darrow Bar - Willamette River Greenway, Oregon - - - July 9, 2015 | 
Beaver Creek State Natural Area, Oregon - - - September 13, 2014 | | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America by Kaufman / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America / Birds of Oregon by Burrows & Gilligan |
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