| Chestnut-bellied starling | |
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| Belbedji, Niger | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. pulcher |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprotornis pulcher (Müller, 1776) | |
The chestnut-bellied starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. This is a common resident in arid Sahelian acacia savanna, namely in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.
Description
This is one of the rufous-bellied starlings, and the only one in most of its range. The pale eye differentiates it from Hildebrandt's and Shelley's starlings, while the absence of a white breast band separates it from the Splendid Starling. Predominantly glossy dark-green to blue, with a distinct dark (and not glossy) head and breast.
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Lamprotornis pulcher". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710771A132090374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710771A132090374.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Birds of Africa South of Sahara, second edition; Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
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