Medium-sized bird (about 22 cm or 8.5 in) with pink legs. Its bill is pointed, yellow in summer and black in winter. Plumage from black to dark brown, with violet and purple reflections and small yellowish-white specks.
Urban environments and cultivated areas
Grasslands, wooded countryside, cultivation areas, olive groves and urban rural areas.
Wintering species in the province. It breeds from March with an anual laying of 3 to 8 eggs. The males are both monogamous and polygamous. Forming a couple with one or several females usually depends on the availability of food, which for the Common Starling consists of invertebrates, vegetables and fruits.
Species much less abundant than the Spotless Starling. It usually appears mixed in flocks with this last species. In the Great Path it can be observed in stages 1, 4, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 24.
The imitation skills of starlings have linked them in mythology to sorcerers. In fact, it was once believed that these birds were capable of casting spells.
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 09. Periana - Riogordo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 03. Vélez-Málaga - Torrox
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 04. Torrox - Nerja
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 05. Nerja - Frigiliana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 07. Cómpeta - Canillas de Aceituno
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 14. Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 15. Villanueva de Algaidas - Cuevas Bajas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 16. Cuevas Bajas - Alameda
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 18. Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 19. Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 29. Casares - Estepona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Tajos del Fraile, Doña Ana y Gómer
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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