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Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris · Family Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 28,322,583
- Countries and territories with records
- 145
About this species
This species has 28,322,583 occurrence records from 145 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (59.2%), Canada (11.6%), Sweden (3.5%), France (3.5%) and the United Kingdom (3.4%); together they account for 81.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sturnus vulgaris combines the genus name Sturnus with the species epithet vulgaris. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Sturnus: Sturnus unicolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 83.1 times the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.