Say, isn't that a Sturnus vulgaris rather than a Corvus brachyrhynchos?. From Wordnik.com. [Crows Birds stealing coins from car wash? - Boing Boing] Reference
No native passerine have been recorded, but redpoll (Acanthis flammea) and common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) are both widespread and common. From Wordnik.com. [MacQuarie Island, Australia] Reference
Thus, the common European starling goes by the scientific name of Sturnus vulgaris, Sturnus being the genus of starlings and vulgaris meaning "common.". From Wordnik.com. [Lazarus, Elvis, zombies and Jimmy Hoffa] Reference
Birds considered to be endangered or rare are Sri Lanka wood pigeon Columba torringtoni, green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchus, Sri Lanka white-headed starling Sturnus senex, Sri Lanka blue magpie Cissa ornata, and ashy-headed babbler Garrulax cinereifrons, all of which are endemic, and red-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus. From Wordnik.com. [Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka] Reference
From Earth Science Picture of the Day, the amorphous, self-organizing and self-destructing parkless park as breathtakingly enacted by a million European starlings: During spring in Denmark, at approximately one half an hour before sunset, flocks of more than a million European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gather from all corners to join in the incredible formations shown above. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Sturnidae White-headed starling Sturnus erythropygius. From Wordnik.com. [Andaman Islands rain forests] Reference
Nests of spotless starlings, Sturnus unicolor, are often infested with bloodsucking Carnus hemapterus flies. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Starling (Latin name: Sturnus vulgaris) the Starling is smaller than a Blackbird with a short tail, they are black but they have a green and purple sheen on their feathers when you see them close up. From Wordnik.com. [Whitehaven News headlines] Reference
To examine why a stressed mother would allow this to happen, evolutionary physiologists Oliver Love and Tony Williams examined how offspring exposure to the maternally-derived stress hormone corticosterone affect maternal fitness in free-living European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
The phenomenon adopted by the flock of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) is called "scale-free behavioral correlation," which occurs outside of biology in events such as an avalanche or the formation of crystals, both of which are critical systems in which nearly instantaneous transformation can occur. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
(Sturnus vulgaris) - Toronto, near Bloor St. House Sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [a sibilant intake of breath] Reference
Sturnus minor, Hume. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Sturnus humii, Brooks. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Sturnus niger alis superné rubentibus. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia.] Reference
Starling Sturnus vulgaris flock in flight. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Sturnus senex. From Wordnik.com. [Sri Lanka lowland rain forests] Reference
Sturnus edax, premat vt tenues visobuiaplumas. From Wordnik.com. [Arati Solensis Phaenomena et Diosemea graece et latine ad codd. mss. et optimarvm edd. fidem recensita] Reference
Sturnus humii, 60. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Sturnus. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Sturnus cinclus. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Sturnus vulgaris. From Wordnik.com. [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference
Sturnus humii. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
T Sturnus INDEX. From Wordnik.com. [A general synopsis of birds [microform]] Reference
Sturnus, hyperythra, Dumetia. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Igneitincta, minor, Sturnus, minus, Trichastoma. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Schisticeps, pondicerianus, Tephrodornis, porphyronotus, Sturnus, praecognita, Stachyris. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Sturnus, xanthogenys, Machlolophus, xanthoschista, Cryptolopha, xanthoschistos, Abrornis. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
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