Siberian common starling (Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi)

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Subject:	Siberian common starling (Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi)
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Description
Sturnus menzbieri = Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling
Date 1890
Source Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 13
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smit
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SturnusMenzbieriSmit.jpg

The common starling or European starling or starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. The common starlings breed in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia.

Siberian Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi (Finsch, 1878)
synonyms:
Sturnus vulgaris menzbieri (Sharpe, 1888)
Sturnus vulgaris dzungaricus (Buturlin, 1904)
Sturnus vulgaris zaidamensis (Buturlin, 1904)

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