Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster - Spréo améthyste Étourneau améthyste
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Sturnidés
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Genus:
Cinnyricinclus
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Species:
leucogaster
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 16 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 39 à 56 g
Geographic range
Identification
Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Cinnyricinclus leucogaster leucogaster (Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania)
- Cinnyricinclus leucogaster arabicus (e Sudan to nw Somalia and the Arabian Pen.)
- Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi (s DRCongo to w Tanzania south to Botswana, ne South Africa and Mozambique)
Foreign names
- Spréo améthyste,
- Estornino amatista,
- estorninho-de-dorso-violeta,
- Amethystglanzstar,
- ametiszt fényseregély,
- Amethistspreeuw,
- Storno ametista,
- ametiststare,
- Ametyststær,
- liskavec bielobruchý,
- leskoptev bělobřichá,
- Ametyststær,
- purppurakottarainen,
- Witborsspreeu,
- estornell ametista,
- Fjólustari,
- ametyszczak,
- ametista strazds,
- Аметистовый короткохвостый скворец,
- シロハラムクドリ,
- 白腹紫椋鸟,
- 白腹紫椋鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Freshwater Springs and Oases ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Handbook of the birds of the world Vol.14, josep del Hoyo
- Starlings and Mynas, FEARE Chris
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes