Violet-backed Starling © nejohnston.org

Vagrant to Israel, Lesotho, Mauritania, United Arab Emirates.

• leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)   -  Breeds from Senegal east, south of Sahara and north of equator, to Sudan, possibly also Eritrea, Ethiopia and north-western Somalia. Non-breeding also in coastal areas, Gabon, PRCongo and northern DRCongo, and south to Kenya.
• arabicus Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1942   -  Breeds southern Arabian Peninsula (southern Yemen east to south-western Oman); probably also Eritrea, Djibouti, northern Ethiopia, eastern Sudan and north-western Somalia.
• verreauxi (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)   -  Breeds from southern DRCongo and Angola south to central Namibia and, in east, from southern Kenya and western Tanzania south to Botswana, north-eastern South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique; in non-breeding season more widespread.

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