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Introduced to North America in the late 1800s, the European Starling now ranges nearly throughout the continent. However, the Breeding Bird Survey indicates that the species has decreased significantly since about 1970. Reasons for the decreases are not well known but are likely related to human activities.
As an introduced species often considered to bring harm to native cavity-nesting species (Cabe 1993), there is no conservation concern for the European Starling in Canada. The reasons for the recent decreases are not well known in North America. In Great Britain and parts of Europe, similar declines (Robinson et al. 2005) are thought to be linked to changing agricultural habitats, such as loss of pastureland (Freeman et al. 2002), which reduces the availability of invertebrate prey (Granbom and Smith 2006).
Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:
Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.