Assertion: common starling | /r/AtLocation | australia
Facets:
value: originally
type: MANNER
value: in the late 1850s
type: TEMPORAL
value: through to 1870
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The common starling has about 12 subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and across the Palearctic to western Mongolia, and it has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa and Fiji.
text: Once a common bird of European deciduous woodlands (now in more rural and urban areas), the Common Starling was introduced into Australia in the late 1850s through to 1870.
text: The common starling was introduced to Australia to consume insect pests of farm crops.
text: Common starlings introduced to areas such as Australia or North America, where other members of the genus are absent, may affect native species through competition for nest holes.
text: The Common Starling was originally introduced to Australia in order to decrease the population of crop pests—insects which the starlings were known to eat.