Editing Spotless starling (section)

==Distribution and habitat ==
The spotless starling uses a wide range of habitats and can be found in any reasonably open environment, from farmland and [[olive]] groves to human habitation. The highest population densities are in open grazed [[Quercus ilex|holm oak]] woods, and in urban habitats such as [[Gibraltar]], where it is common.<ref name=ebcc/><ref>[http://www.gonhs.org/Birds_000.htm The Gibraltar Bird List]</ref> The population has grown in recent decades with a northward expansion in range, spreading to the whole of Spain (previously absent from the northeast) between 1950 and 1980, and colonising locally along the southern coast of mainland France since 1983.<ref name=ebcc/><ref name=Snow/> Like its more common relative, it is an omnivore, taking a wide variety of invertebrates, berries, and human-provided scraps. It is gregarious, forming sizeable flocks, often mixed with common starlings, of up to 100,000 in winter.<ref name=Hoyo/>

Like most starlings, it is a cavity-nesting species, breeding in tree holes, buildings and in cliff crevices. It typically lays three to five eggs.<ref name=Hoyo/>