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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.

"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

"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

All thanks to a Shakespeare fan, Eugene Schieffelin.

https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article...

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