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Some birds can imitate robot sounds, like R2-D2, as well as human voices

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...

Can birds imitate R2-D2? Yes, and some are surprisingly good at it

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...
The Post-Journal

A Common Starling

Winter starlings are black with white spots, but spring starlings can be brilliantly iridescent. Photo by Jeff Tome You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, ...
JSTOR Daily

European starling use of nest boxes relative to human disturbance

Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring 2022), pp. 84-96 (13 pages) European starling (Sturnus vulgaris; starling) nesting poses debris hazards within airport hangars and to engine and ...
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Is it a black bird or a blackbird? How to tell difference between starlings, native birds

Black birds. Good or bad? Depending on which black bird species, your answer could be yes or no … or something in between. First of all, we have to get the nomenclature straightened out so we can make ...