Black-bellied starling

Black-bellied starling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Notopholia Roberts, 1922
Species:	N. corusca
Binomial name
Notopholia corusca (Nordmann, 1835)
Synonyms
Notopholia corrusca Lamprotornis corruscus

The black-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae, originally described by zoologist Alexander von Nordmann in 1835. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Their iris color changes by mood or behavior due to fluctuations in blood flow rates. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Notopholia corusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22710661A94256024. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710661A94256024.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. McCulloch, D. (1963). "Colour change in the iris of the Black-bellied starling Lamprotornis corruscus". Ostrich. 34: 177.
3. Britton, P.L.; Britton, H. (1970). "Eye colour of the black-bellied glossy starling". J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bull. 1970: 46.
4. Chittenden, H.; Myburgh, N. (1994). "Eye colour change in Black-bellied starlings". Birding South. Afr. 46: 117.
5. Craig, Adrian; Feare, C. J. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)" . Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.bbgsta1.01 . Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

• Black-bellied (glossy) starling – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds