 Singing also occurs outside the breeding season , taking place throughout the year apart from the moulting period . The songsters are more commonly male although females also sing on occasion . The function of such out @-@ of @-@ season song is poorly understood . Eleven other types of call have been described including a flock call , threat call , attack call , snarl call and copulation call . The alarm call is a harsh scream , and while foraging together common starlings squabble incessantly . They chatter while roosting and bathing , making a great deal of noise that can cause irritation to people living nearby . When a flock of common starlings is flying together , the synchronised movements of the birds ' wings make a distinctive whooshing sound that can be heard hundreds of metres ( yards ) away . 
 Singing also <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>occurs</mark></a> outside the breeding season , taking place throughout the year apart from the moulting period . The songsters <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>more commonly male although females also sing on occasion . The function of such out @-@ of @-@ season song is poorly understood . Eleven other types of call <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> been described including a flock call , threat call , attack call , snarl call and copulation call . The alarm call <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>a harsh scream , and while foraging together common starlings squabble incessantly . They chatter while roosting and bathing , making a great deal of noise <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>can cause irritation to people living nearby . When a flock of common starlings is flying together , the synchronised movements of the birds <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'</mark></a>wings make a distinctive whooshing sound <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a>can be heard hundreds of metres ( yards ) away . 
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