The Santa Fe County
CERRILLOS HILLS HISTORIC PARK
Starlings
European Starling
- confirmed presence
Sturnus vulgaris
Size: 8" - Starling
Glossy green-purple; bill yellow. Winter: black, heavy speckled white; bill dark; wings, short, pointed, rusty-edged; legs dull red; tail square.
Usually in flocks.
Detrimental (takes over nest holes, birdhouses, eats wild fruit, feeder suet).
Song whistles, squeaks, chuckles; mimics.
IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
Sighted at the
Leonora Curtin Natural History Area
(a lush, well-watered preserve 3 miles north of Cerro Bonanza, near La Ciénega)
European Starling - ALL YEAR, INTRODUCED
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This page last revised 23 November 2007
