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
- GR 249. Stage 09: Periana - Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto)
- GR 249. Stage 01: Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- GR 249. Stage 03: Vélez-Málaga - Torrox
- GR 249. Stage 04: Torrox - Nerja
- GR 249. Stage 05: Nerja - Frigiliana
- GR 249. Stage 06: Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- GR 249. Stage 07: Cómpeta - Canillas de Aceituno
- GR 249. Stage 08: Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- GR 249. Stage 10: Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto) - Alfarnate
- GR 249. Stage 12: Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- GR 249. Stage 13: Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- GR 249. Stage 14: Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- GR 249. Stage 15: Villanueva de Algaidas - Cuevas Bajas
- GR 249. Stage 16: Cuevas Bajas - Alameda
- GR 249. Stage 18: Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- GR 249. Stage 19: Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- GR 249. Stage 22: Ardales - El Burgo
- GR 249. Stage 24: Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- GR 249. Stage 25: Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- GR 249. Stage 26: Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- GR 249. Stage 28: Genalguacil - Casares
- GR 249. Stage 29: Casares - Estepona
- GR 249. Stage 30: Estepona - Marbella
- GR 249. Stage 31: Marbella - Ojén
- GR 249. Stage 32: Ojén - Mijas
- GR 249. Stage 33: Mijas - Benalmádena
- 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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