What does EUST stand for?

In the early 1890s, about 100 European starlings were released in New York City's Central Park by a group dedicated to bringing to America every bird ever mentioned by Shakespeare.

They're as inappropriate in our wetlands as is a pretty patch of purple loosestrife, wild bamboo, bitter sweet, the long-horned beetle, or a European starling.

Begier said the two worst losses of life were caused by planes hitting flocks of the small European Starling.

According to Werner, birds like the Euroasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula), the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) -- very common in Germany and other Central European countries -- were put in contact with electronically created sounds as a result of the expansion of urban life, the food opportunities provided by cities, and the fast-paced growth of mobile phone use.

It would appear that the original plan was to reintroduce European starlings to North American ones, and apparently the show opened to much fanfare with no birds present at all.

Department of Agriculture at the request of surrounding farmers to try to reduce the population of European Starlings in the area, estimated at 45,000.

House sparrows and European Starlings compete for nesting sites with Purple Martins.

Animal Studies Wild house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), both members of the order Passeriformes, were captured.