What is Starling?
{{Taxobox | name = Common or European starling | image = Common starling in london.jpg | image_width = 220px | image_caption = The common starling, ''Sternus vulgaris'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | subordo = [[Passeri]] | familia = '''Sturnidae''' | familia_authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1815 | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = The family has nearly 30 genera. }} [[File:Sort sol pdfnet.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Starling flock (''murmuration'') at a sunset in [[Denmark]]]] [[File:Sturnus vulgaris.ogg|right|thumb|100px|Song of Common Starling, Chuvashia, Russia]] The '''starlings''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of small to medium-sized [[bird]]s, the '''Sturnidae'''. This family are [[passerine]] [[songbird]]s, whose best-known species is ''Sternus'', the common starling. Starlings occur naturally in the [[Old World]], from [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. Species (usually the common starling) have been introduced to [[North America]], [[Hawaii]] and [[New Zealand]]. In these new areas they compete for habitat with native birds, and are considered as [[invasive species]]. Starlings have strong feet, their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious ([[social]]). Their preferred [[habitat]] is fairly open country. They are [[omnivores]]. They eat [[insect]]s and [[fruit]]. Several species live around humans. Many species search for food by opening the bill after probing it into dense vegetation; this behavior is called 'open-bill probing'. Plumage is usually dark with a metallic sheen and white flecks (spots). Most species nest in holes, laying blue or white [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s. [[File:Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Adult feeding young]] Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called '''myna'''s, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their [[iridescence|iridescent]] [[Feather|plumage]]. Starlings have varied an