Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)

Other Names (World)
Black-bellied Starling, Black-bellied Glossy-Starling, Black-breasted Glossy Starling

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Nordmann, 1835)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca) [XC460498]
by Tim Cockcroft from Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca) [XC280497]
by Peter Boesman from Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

corrusca (Nordmann, 1835) - Southern Somalia southern in narrow belt along coast to Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and eastern South Africa, extending inland along some major rivers (thus reaches extreme south-eastern Zimbabwe).
vaughani (Bannerman, 1926) - Pemba I, off north-eastern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca) - 10 files

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