Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Starlings :: Violet-backed Starling

Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): Violet Starling, Amethyst Starling, Plum-colored Starling, Plum-coloured Starling
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 11, 2001 © William Hull  Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Mar 11, 2001 © William Hull  Kenya - Jun, 2005 © Mike Bayman  Kenya - Jun, 2005 © Mike Bayman 
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Range

(1) Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, s. Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and s. Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
(2) Angola to Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya s. in Mali, and Zimbabwe to c. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana, Mozambique, and South Africa (Transvaal, Swaziland, ne. Orange Free State, Natal, and e. Cape Province).
(3) Sw. Arabia (s. Saudi Arabia and Yemen), ne. Sudan, Somalia, n. Ethiopia and Eritrea.
(4) S. Ethiopia.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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