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Mexican species
| European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | |||
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| granti | Azores | ||
| vulgaris | Canary Islands and Iceland to Ural Mountains, northern Ukraine, and southeastern Europe; introduced to Africa, eastern Australia, New Zealand (self-introduced to subantarctic islands), North America, and southern South America. | ||
| faroensis | Faeroes | ||
| zetlandicus | Shetland Islands | ||
| tauricus | E and s Ukraine, Crimea and Asia Minor | ||
| purpurascens | W Transcaucasia to Georgia and Armenia | ||
| caucasicus | Volga Delta and n Caucasus to Caspian Sea and s Iran | ||
| nobilior | Afghanistan, Transcaspia and Khorasan | ||
| poltaratskyi | E Ural Mountains to Lake Baikal, Kazakhstan and w Mongolia | ||
| porphyronotus | S Dzungaria and Tien Shan Mts. to Pamir Mts. and Samarkand | ||
| humii | W Himalayas (Kashmir to Garhwal) | ||
| minor | Locally in w Pakistan (Sind) | ||
| Endemic status | |||
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| Comment |
Juvenile birds molting into their first basic plumage have heart-shaped white spots on the breast, compared to older birds showing v-shaped spots. Breeding males show bluish coloration to the base of the bill where females show pinkish. First year birds have more rounded tips to rectrices than adults; different from many other passerines (Jenni and Winkler). |
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