Invasive (federal regulations do not apply)
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~5.5-30g as hatchling
~40-60g as nestling
~80g at adult weight
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Common Name: Starlings
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and pink to black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Yellow
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to brown legs and feet
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35b1.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Eilen
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/starling-nestling.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8375.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8386.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8380.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_36e0.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/European-Starling-Week-1.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2804.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2816.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2822.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dbe.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/starling-4.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/starling.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/starling-2.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/European-Starling-Week-2.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week - 69g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_1978.jpeg)
Photo by Ceacy Henderson
~2nd Week - 69g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_1979.jpeg)
Photo by Ceacy Henderson
~2nd Week - 46g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4325.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3888.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_388a.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_388c.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_388e.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/European-Starling-Week-3.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/European-Starling-Week-4.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dc4.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2cea.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dc2.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma