Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Common Starling photographed by Mark Curtis
July 3, 2026
Common Starling photographed by Jess
Speke, Liverpool, England · August 11, 2026
Common Starling photographed by Jess
July 25, 2026

When to look

Reported most in May, across 25.3M open records.

Records by month. January, 1,942,325 records. February, 1,955,036 records. March, 2,473,014 records. April, 3,378,214 records. May, 4,060,142 records. June, 2,142,116 records. July, 1,389,885 records. August, 1,344,328 records. September, 1,607,676 records. October, 1,851,106 records. November, 1,514,897 records. December, 1,598,709 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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