Chestnut-bellied Starling

Lamprotornis pulcher (Müller, PLS, 1776)

Chestnut-bellied Starling, Lamprotornis pulcher, is a starling of the Sahelian acacia savanna across Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It is a member of the family Sturnidae and was described by Müller, PLS, in 1776. It is one of the rufous-bellied starlings, and in most of its range it is the only one of that group. A pale eye helps separate it from Hildebrandt's and Shelley's starlings, and it lacks the white breast band shown by the Splendid Starling.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Sturnidae — Starlings, Rhabdornises

Breeding range

Africa: Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Sudan, Eritrea and n Ethiopia