| Size: |
About 21.5cms |
| Obvious marks: |
:
In winter the adult has some white spots and in summer
has hardly any. |
| Colour: |
The
adult has a purple ring around its neck and the young
are just brown. They are usually green and purple but
the white spots cover the colour in the winter . |
| Where it lives: |
The starling lives in the countryside. |
| What it eats: |
They eat worms and slugs. |
| Flight pattern: |
When they get together they fly in a straight pattern.
|
| Colour of eggs:
|
The eggs are blue. |
| Nest: |
They live in holes of trees and often move into the
nests of other birds, driving out the nest-owners.
When
you see them: On spring mornings you are likely to
see them.
|
| Song: |
The
song of the starling is a mixture of squeaky sounds,
clear whistles and imitations of other birds...even
barking dogs! |
| Beak: |
These are dark brown in winter, but turn yellow as Spring
comes closer. |
Most of the starlings live outside Europe in AFrica
and Asia