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Offord said:
It's fairly easy to put food into a beak, yes, but think about what happens afterwards. How do you hack it back into the wild. Just throw it out of a window? No, it takes much more than that. Rearing a young wild bird is a very big commitment. And even after all of that, it's going to have a hard time out there in the big world. If you can't put in the time and effort required, save it the suffering.
It is not a Starling!
 
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It flippin' is a Starling! It's a nestling - they start off looking blackish/greyish, until they fledge. You can see that the feathers that have come through are typical juv Starling brown (eg on the head). I've hand-reared enough of the things - that expression, head shape and big gape are characteristic.

Have a look at the pics here http://www.starlingcentral.net/babystarlings.htm

and here http://www.starlingtalk.com/albumsb/html/jpg_Messystarlings1.htm

Also, the deep red/brown legs? And can you see the pale sandy edging to the wing coverts and retrices (how many crows have you seen with a pale margin to wing feathers?)? The fact that it's fallen from a nest in an apartment block (it didn't fly there, did it!)? Would anyone like a train timetable??!
 
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I think it is a starling.
apart from size and structure , which are not that well to assess, all young Corvus species I have seen (Carrion Crows,northern Raven,Jackdaw) are red coloured within the mouth and gape is more whitish, if I remember correctly
 
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