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	 European starling, common starling (Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens)
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 Sturnus purpurascens = Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens
 Date	between 1850 and 1883
 Source	Gould, John, 1804-1881; Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909: Birds of Asia., Volume V, London, http://archive.org/stream/BirdsAsiaJohnGoVGoul#page/44/mode/2up
 Author	John Gould (1804–1881) & Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902)
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BirdsAsiaJohnGoVGoul_0184.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.
 
 Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens Gould, 1868.
 E Turkey to Tbilisi and Lake Sevan, in uplands on E shore of Black sea replacing tauricus.
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