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Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris - Spreeuw
Eurasia. Introduced worldwide.
The following 13 subspecies are being recognized:
Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus - Caucasus to South-Iran;
Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris - Most of Europe;
Sturnus vulgaris faroensis - Faroe Islands;
Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus - Shetland Islands;
Sturnus vulgaris granti - Azores;
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi - Southeast-European Russia to West-Mongolia;
Sturnus vulgaris tauricus - Ukraine, Southwest-Russia and Turkey;
Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens - East-Turkey, Georgia and Armenia;
Sturnus vulgaris oppenheimi - Southeast-Turkey and North-Iraq;
Sturnus vulgaris nobilior - Northeast-Iran, South-Turkmenistan and Afghanistan;
Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus - Uzbekistan and Tajikistan;
Sturnus vulgaris humii - West-Himalayas;
Sturnus vulgaris minor - Central- and South-Pakistan.
Of this species there are also Zoo Photo's available.
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro) | 07-Oct-2009 20:17 | |