Common Starling

Order Passeriformes; Family Sturnidae (Starlings); Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris;Common name: Common Starling; Alternative common name: European Starling – Distribution in Australia: This is an introduced species; It was first time released in Victoria in 1850s; it is now well established and major pest in cities, towns and throughout agricultural districts of eastern Australia and Tasmania between Mackay in eastern Queensland and Ceduna in south-western South Australia - Distribution outside Australia: Widely distributed and common throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East and north Africa.