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European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 22 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
22

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
22
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 22

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 22

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Year-round

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundSuccessional Shrub/Scrub (Other)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal GrasslandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

In the Jungle, Florida
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.South Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

On the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida"
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Martin Johnson Heade, On the San Sebastian River (c. 1883-90): a tidal river winding through flat marsh under storm clouds at sunset. San Sebastian River, St. Augustine, FloridaOn the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1883-1890. Public domain. Source record.

Freshwater marshes

The Great Florida Marsh
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)The Great Florida Marsh, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Pine savannas

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha
Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Florida Dry Prairie

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (192)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 4

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Elsewhere in the South (90)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northeast (14)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Midwest (10)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round.
Land cover and other classes (74)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Forest Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Logged Areas Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties. Introduced.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 155

Plant genera in its diet records (31)
  • Triticum 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Zea 6 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Prunus 4 diet records. 7 native plants in Florida
  • Celtis 3 diet records. 3 native plants in Florida
  • Galactia 3 diet records. 12 native plants in Florida
  • Ilex 3 diet records. 13 native plants in Florida
  • Nyssa 3 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Rubus 3 diet records. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Triadica 3 diet records. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Vaccinium 3 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Polygonum 2 diet records. 10 native plants in Florida
  • Vitis 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Florida
  • Ambrosia 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Avena 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Bromus 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Croton 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Florida
  • Digitaria 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Florida
  • Eleusine 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Hedeoma 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Hordeum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Juniperus 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Lycopus 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Ostrya 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Phytolacca 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Florida
  • Quercus 1 diet record. 43 native plants in Florida
  • Rhus 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Scirpus 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Secale 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida
  • Setaria 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Florida
  • Viburnum 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Florida
  • Xanthium 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Florida

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

European Starling uses many habitats in Florida; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 117

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 150

Plants 58

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Florida

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 65

Plants 139

All of forest edges and thickets in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources