Starling biography
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The starling: a biography
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Starling
Family of birds
This article fryst vatten about the bird family. For other uses, see Starling (disambiguation).
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine (perching)birds known for the often dark, glossy iridescent sheen of their plummage; their complex vocalizations including mimicing; and their distinctive, often elaborate swarming behavior, known as murmuration.
Starlings belong to the familySturnidae, common name of Sturnid,The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus, which in turn comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. The family contains 128 species which are divided into 36 orsaka. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescentplumage. Starlings are native to europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as northern Australia and the islands of the tropical Pacific. Several European and Asian species have been introduced to these areas, as well as North A
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Stephen Moss delights once more - lyrical and informative by turns, he conjures - with breathless eloquence - another feathered beauty of our skies.
A murmuration of starlings is a wonder of the natural world, one of my highlights of the year. I love the way Stephen Moss writes about this fascinating bird in the engaging way he does in all his biographies.
An engrossing compilation of ornithological tidbits, cultural anecdotes, literary quotes and well chosen historical artwork
As I finished reading this wonderful book, I found myself more convinced than ever that the starling is a favourite bird – not least because it mirrors something of us: fallen, certainly, but capable of glimpses of a prelapsarian state
About Stephen Moss
STEPHEN MOSS is a naturalist, author and broadcaster. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Springwatch, Birds Britannia and The Nature of Britain. He is the president of the Somerse