Starlings will never win an award for melodiousness ...
but if you've ever listened to one carefully you know they're talented singers.
Starlings will never win awards for the melodiousness of their singing, but if you pay careful attention to the way they chatter, you can tell they're very talented singers.
I am not a huge fan of starlings (they're both invasive and very aggressive to native birds--esp cavity nesters), but there will often be a lot of them in the cottonwoods across the street from me in the mornings and evenings. They're up there noisily gossiping with each other.
The way they make sounds is quite impressive: the range, the "layering" (for lack of a better term) of different notes/sounds, and etc. is as if not more complex than other birds. If you have some near you, listen carefully next time you hear them. I think you'll get what I mean.
If you don't, or if you're just interested in a curiosity, watch the Youtube video linked second below. It's a (likely hand-raised from a chick) starling mimicking all kinds of speech and sounds.
Told you they were talented.
P.s. if you want to learn more, I put a link to Cornell's Bird Lab page on starlings first below. In general, Cornell's pages on birds are good resources by the way.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/overview