Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Sturnus vulgaris
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon III p. 182 pl. 75
Old Latin name Sturnus vulgaris
New Latin name Sturnus vulgaris
Common name Nederlands: Spreeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sturnus_vulgaris_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15800075.tif

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. The common starling was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 under its current binomial name. Sturnus and vulgaris are derived from the Latin for "starling" and "common" respectively.