European Starling (1 Viewer)

I was told the one on the top is a European Starling, and I looked up the one on the bottom and it looks like a European Starling as well--side by side they don't look that similar. Request ID on both please. top, south Texas early winter, bottom, New Braunfels TX, today. Thank you all.

Both European Starlings. Just apparently different plumages (perhaps they were taken in different times of the year?).

Thanks Rafael. The one on the top was taken on the Texas/Mexico border area, the one on bottom, near San Antonio, TX, about 6 weeks apart.

The white feather tips of the Starling plumage will be worn off as spring unfolds, and that will make the plumage become all dark glossy green (during the breeding season). When individual pairs finish their breeding season (which will be at a slightly different date for each pair) they start molting their old plumage (all glossy, worn off) and acquire winter plumage (all "fresh", with large white tips to feathers) and the cycle repeats. The color of the bill also changes seasonally, being brighter yellow while breeding (has to do with hormonal condition). Add to this age-related variation (juveniles, 1st years, etc) and you can find birds that look different on plumage all flocking together (note that structure is always the same...).