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European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round in Alabama, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 24 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Year-round
Breeding
Breeding
Range
67 of 67 counties
Habitats
24

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Alabama
Year-round
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
67 of 67
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Year-round model

Habitats in Alabama 24

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

Other habitats in its models (181)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round
  • Developed, High Intensity Year-round
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Recently Logged Areas Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Recently Burned Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Recently Burned Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round. Next to its main habitat. Next to its main habitat

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Alabama

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Year-round. Breeding and nonbreeding. Introduced. Range includes 67 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 1127

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 255

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources