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