Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably ... very different from summer birds. On freshly molted birds, black plumage has white spots all ...

There is a large family of birds belonging to the blackbird family, but an invasive species often causes confusion.

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...