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Singing starling imitates other birds, video

Posted on March 15, 2016 by petrel41

This video shows a starling imitating other birds in its song; including white-fronted goose and great spotted woodpecker.

Leen Pauwels made this video on an Amsterdam, the Netherlands balcony.

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Daniel Digby on March 16, 2016 at 7:55 pm said:

Our starlings are pretty bland; they only sound like starlings.

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- petrel41 on March 16, 2016 at 8:01 pm said:
  
  Some North American starlings do seem to imitate other sounds:
  
  http://madmikesamerica.com/2011/01/starlings-can-imitate-human-speech-like-parrots/
  
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