Black-bellied starling
Species of bird
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Notopholia Roberts, 1922 |
| Species: | N. corusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Notopholia corusca (Nordmann, 1835) | |
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