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Story: Introduced land birds

Starlings at dusk

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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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Christina Troup, Introduced land birds – Starlings and mynas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17166/starlings-at-dusk (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.