Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Stær

Stær

Short abstract from the book:
The starling is a common breeding bird all over Denmark, breeding in trees with nest holes or in nest boxes. It is a common passage migrant in October–November and March– April. In Denmark the first starling was ringed in 1899, with most ringed in the 1960s and 1970s. The recovered birds were ringed in most parts of Denmark, 58 % in the breeding season. Danish starlings are migrants. The first young birds leave the breeding site by the end of May and early June. Many young and adult birds perform a movement away from the breeding site already in June–July. The mean direction of this movement is SW. By the end of October many birds have left Denmark, with the mean position in the Netherlands. Most birds migrate along the coast of the North Sea. During winter most Danish starlings have been recovered in the British Isles (60 %), the Netherlands (10 %), Belgium (6 %) and France (7 %). A few Danish birds have been recovered as far south as southern Spain. Some starlings return to the breeding sites in January–February, but most arrive in March. Many birds return to the same nest box year after year. A few Danish birds have been recovered in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Poland in the breeding season. The recoveries show that the visitors passing Denmark come from Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltic countries and western Russia. Visitors from Sweden have been recovered in eastern Denmark in late June, with the number culminating in July. Most of these early visitors are young birds. Most Norwegian and Swedish birds have departed from Denmark in October, but more Finnish birds seem stay throughout the winter. Most visitors depart from Denmark in April. The main cause of death is shooting/hunting. Most have been shot in Denmark (48 %), Britain (15 %), Belgium (14 %), France (6 %) and Germany (6 %).

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Common Starling

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 17.840
Ringed as chicks 546 (3,1%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 5693
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%