European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (77)
- Subspecies (12)
Paul R. Cabe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Spreeu |
| Albanian | Cërloi i zi pikalosh |
| Arabic | زرزور شائع |
| Armenian | Սովորական սարյակ |
| Asturian | Estornín pintu |
| Azerbaijani | Adi sığırçın |
| Bangla (India) | তেলে শালিক |
| Basque | Arabazozo pikarta |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен скорец |
| Catalan | estornell comú |
| Chinese | 歐洲椋鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 紫翅椋鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 紫翅椋鸟 |
| Croatian | čvorak |
| Czech | špaček obecný |
| Danish | Stær |
| Dutch | Spreeuw |
| English | European Starling |
| English (Australia) | Common Starling |
| English (Bangladesh) | European Starling (Common Starling) |
| English (India) | European Starling (Common Starling) |
| English (UK) | Common Starling |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Common Starling |
| English (United States) | European Starling |
| Estonian | kuldnokk |
| Faroese | Stari |
| Finnish | kottarainen |
| French | Étourneau sansonnet |
| French (Canada) | Étourneau sansonnet |
| Galician | Estorniño pinto |
| Georgian | შოშია (შროშანი) |
| German | Star |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκό) Ψαρόνι |
| Gujarati | કાળું વૈયું |
| Hebrew | זרזיר מצוי |
| Hindi | तिल्यर मैना |
| Hungarian | Seregély |
| Icelandic | Stari |
| Indonesian | Jalak eropa |
| Italian | Storno |
| Japanese | ホシムクドリ |
| Kannada | ಚುಕ್ಕೆ ಕಬ್ಬಕ್ಕಿ |
| Korean | 흰점찌르레기 |
| Ladakhi | གོས་ཅན་མཆིལ་བ། |
| Latvian | Mājas strazds |
| Lithuanian | Varnėnas |
| Malayalam | കാളിക്കിളി |
| Maori | Tāringi | European Starling |
| Mongolian | Хар тодол |
| Nepali (Nepal) | कालो सारौँ |
| Norwegian | stær |
| Persian | سار معمولی |
| Polish | szpak |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | estorninho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Estorninho-malhado |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Estorninho |
| Punjabi (India) | ਤਿਲੀਅਰ |
| Romanian | Graur |
| Russian | Обыкновенный скворец |
| Serbian | Čvorak |
| Slovak | škorec obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Škorec |
| Spanish | Estornino Pinto |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Estornino Pinto |
| Spanish (Chile) | Estornino pinto |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Estornino |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Estornino Pinto |
| Spanish (Panama) | Estornino Europeo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Estornino Pinto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estornino pinto |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Estornino Pinto |
| Swedish | stare |
| Telugu | పరికిపిట్ట |
| Thai | นกกิ้งโครงพันธุ์ยุโรป |
| Turkish | Sığırcık |
| Ukrainian | Шпак звичайний |
| Zulu | ikhwinsi laseYurobhu |
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Sturnus vulgaris
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.167.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- STURNUS
- vulgaris
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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