Story: Introduced land birds

Starlings at dusk

Starlings at dusk

This large flock of starlings roost regularly in trees at Midland Park in the centre of Wellington. They may be the same flock that roosted in a large pōhutukawa on The Terrace until early 2008.

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Photograph by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Christina Troup, 'Introduced land birds - Starlings and mynas', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17166/starlings-at-dusk (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Christina Troup, published 24 Nov 2008, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015