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Story: Introduced land birds

Starling chicks

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Starling chicks

Starlings usually make their nests in the hole of a tree, cliff or building. These starlings have chosen an old dry-stone wall in the Kawarau Gorge near Arrowtown, Otago.

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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – Starlings and mynas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17165/starling-chicks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.