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It's weird to see starlings listed as endangered. We seem to have no shortage of the darn things in the US.
by quercusa 5mo ago
It's weird to see starlings listed as endangered. We seem to have no shortage of the darn things in the US.
- arethuza 5mo ago"Starlings declined by 57% between 1995 and 2023 and they now feature on the Red List of birds of high conservation concern." https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/starling https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/starling
- card_zero 5mo ago"Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2018. Sturnus vulgaris is listed as Least Concern." https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710886/137493608 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22710886/137493608
- _whiteCaps_ 5mo agoAll thanks to a Shakespeare fan, Eugene Schieffelin. https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/13/2/301/234995/Shakespeare-s-StarlingsLiterary-History-and-the https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article...