Sturnus vulgaris - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Binomial compound of Sturnus m (“starling”) + Latin vulgāris m or f (“common, usual”), literally “common starling”.
- A taxonomic species within the family Sturnidae – European starling, native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely elsewhere.
- (species): Passeriformes - order; Sturnidae - family; Sturnus - genus
- (species): For subspecies, see
Sturnus vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- → English: common starling (calque)