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Looks to me like a juvenile, from the yellow interior of the beak and its behaviour. That makes it harder to identify, as distinctive markings may not be fully developed. But I’m not a bird expert.

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I found this image on the web which is almost identical and is described as a juvenile starling: 3618865489_95bc73006f_b.jpg

The slightly screechy call also reminds me of the juvenile starlings we had nesting in a tree in our garden when we lived in Houston. So that would be my best guess as to what it is.

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4 hours ago, exchemist said:

Looks to me like a juvenile, from the yellow interior of the beak and its behaviour. That makes it harder to identify, as distinctive markings may not be fully developed. But I’m not a bird expert.

This one is a bit younger, but has still lost the yellow gape. The OP bird maybe barely fledged.

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7 hours ago, zapatos said:

Where and when was the bird photographed?

Assuming it's N America or Europe 

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3 minutes ago, sethoflagos said:

This one is a bit younger, but has still lost the yellow gape. The OP bird maybe barely fledged.

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Assuming it's N America or Europe 

You can still see some wisps of what may be down on the head of the bird in the video.

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9 minutes ago, exchemist said:

You can still see some wisps of what may be down on the head of the bird in the video.

Yes, it's not long out of the nest.

Difficult ID until you're familiar with them. They're so very different to the adult form.

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