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Definition of Common starling
1. Noun. Gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Starling
Group relationships: Genus Sturnus, Sturnus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Starling
Literary usage of Common starling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"These birds will not unfrequently associate with the common starling; and they
retain their vivacious characteristic even in captivity, where they form some ..."
2. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"The The common starling is a bird of passage, Common arriving in England about
the beginning of March Starling. and ..."
3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1863)
"The common Starling is found, during the cold weather only, in the North-western
Provinces of Bengal, as low down as Monghyr, South of the Ganges, ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Like tho common starling, it has a wide geographical range. ... It flies in
flocks, and has many of the habite of the common starling. ..."
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