| Black-bellied starling | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sturnidae |
| Genus: | Notopholia Roberts, 1922 |
| Species: | N. corusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Notopholia corusca (Nordmann, 1835) | |
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Theblack-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species ofstarling in the familySturnidae, originally described byzoologistAlexander von Nordmann in 1835. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Their iris color changes by mood or behavior due to fluctuations in blood flow rates.[2][3][4][5]
