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Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster · Family Sturnidae
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Family Sturnidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 96,353
- Countries and territories with records
- 51
About this species
This species has 96,353 occurrence records from 51 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (55.8%), Kenya (8.2%), Namibia (5%), Zimbabwe (4.4%) and Uganda (3.9%); together they account for 77.3% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cinnyricinclus leucogaster combines the genus name Cinnyricinclus with the species epithet leucogaster. It is the only species of the genus Cinnyricinclus in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 110 species of the family Sturnidae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sturnus vulgaris. Its record count is 28.3% of the family average (340,966). The family Sturnidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.