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stornus

Photo by mariajo
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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
See here for some comparison photos: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7720597
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
They are starlings, Estornino = Starling. I think these are Estornino Negro = Spotless Starling = sturnus unicolor, the most common in this part of Spain, although European Starlings swell their ranks in the winter as far south as the Valencian lowlands near the coast.

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PublishedNovember 23, 2011

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