Violet-backed Starling
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| Violet-backed Starling | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Cinnyricinclus |
| Species: | C. leucogaster |
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| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) |
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The Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the Plum-coloured Starling or Amethyst Starling, is a relatively small species of starling in the Sturnidae family. This strongly sexually dimorphic species is found widely in woodland of mainland sub-Saharan Africa.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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