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Where does the European Starling live?

Sturnus vulgaris has 28,287,340 records in 142 countries and territories, from 1745 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

European Starling
European Starling — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesSturnidaeSturnus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 16,771,945
Canada 3,292,149
Sweden 988,912
France 978,763
United Kingdom 964,646
Australia 919,261
Netherlands 786,934
Germany 464,443
Denmark 458,741
Norway 441,997
Finland 310,858
New Zealand 272,391
Belgium 185,480
Spain 172,865
Poland 148,512
South Africa 139,493
Russia 95,302
Italy 94,917
Argentina 68,905
Czechia 65,098
Ireland 61,149
Portugal 52,346
Türkiye 47,012
Estonia 45,145
Austria 34,710
Bulgaria 33,957
Switzerland 32,391
Mexico 31,759
Ukraine 24,027
Iceland 23,440
Luxembourg 22,692
Bermuda 22,469
Hungary 19,172
Greece 17,725
Isle of Man 16,320
Uruguay 13,951
Israel 13,931
Serbia 12,883
Romania 11,867
Iran 10,906

Showing the top 40 of 142 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.