The population of Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) and grape growers are in conflict.
Placed in the monotypic genus Leucopsar, it appears to be most closely related to Sturnia and the Brahminy Starling which is currently placed in Sturnus but will probably soon be split therefrom as Sturnus as presently delimited is highly paraphyletic.
The population in northeastern India (Sadiya to Tirap and the Naga Hills) was named as sordida (originally Sturnus contra sordidus) by Sidney Dillon Ripley in 1950.
Eugene Schieffelin (1827–1906), responsible for introducing the starling (Sturnus vulgaris) to North America