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Black-bellied starling
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The black-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Notopholia Roberts, 1922 |
Species: | N. corusca |
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Notopholia corusca (Nordmann, 1835) | |
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Their iris color changes by mood or behavior due to fluctuations in blood flow rates.[2][3][4][5]