Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lamprotornis pulcher(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Chestnut-bellied Starling
The Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sturnidae (Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: savanna of sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal to northern Ethiopia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprotornis pulcher
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-bellied Starling
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus pulcher
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bronze-tailed Starling
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Golden-breasted Starling
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Principe Starling
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Splendid Starling
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Pied Starling
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Superb Starling
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Fischer's Starling
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White-crowned Starling
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