COMMON STARLING

28      COMMON STARLING      Sturnus vulgaris

Australia       (28)

Found in the se third of Australia, including half of Queensland and SA, all of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Native to Europe, n and w Asia, but introduced to Australia in the 1860s. Many are destroyed at the Nullarbor Station each year to prevent their spread to WA. Inhabits urban areas, pastoral areas and woodlands.