 The common starling was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 under its current binomial name . Sturnus and vulgaris are derived from the Latin for " starling " and " common " respectively . The Old English staer , later stare , and the Latin sturnus are both derived from an unknown Indo @-@ European root dating back to the second millennium BC . " Starling " was first recorded in the 11th century , when it referred to the juvenile of the species , but by the 16th century it had already largely supplanted " stare " to refer to birds of all ages . The older name is referenced in William Butler Yeats ' poem " The Stare 's Nest by My Window " . The International Ornithological Congress ' preferred English vernacular name is common starling . 
 The common starling was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 under its current binomial name . Sturnus and vulgaris are derived from the Latin for " starling " and " common " respectively . The Old English staer , later stare , and the Latin sturnus are both derived from an unknown Indo @-@ European root dating back to the second millennium BC . " Starling " was first recorded in the 11th century , when it referred to the juvenile of the species , but by the 16th century it <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> already largely supplanted " stare " to refer to birds of all ages . The older name is referenced in William Butler Yeats <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>poem " The Stare <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Nest by My Window " . The International Ornithological Congress <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'</mark></a>preferred English vernacular name <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>common starling . 
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