| Chestnut-bellied starling | |
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| Chestnut-bellied starling, Belbedji, Niger | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Lamprotornis |
| Species: | L. pulcher |
| Binomial name | |
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Lamprotornis pulcher (Müller, 1776) |
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The chestnut-bellied starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.
This starling is unique for having a chestnut-coloured belly.