Violet-backed starling: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the violet-backed starling lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Sturnidae

Where does the violet-backed starling live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the violet-backed starling in 20 countries and territories across Africa and Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the violet-backed starling endangered?

The violet-backed starling’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the violet-backed starling?

The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Sturnidae, genus Cinnyricinclus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the violet-backed starling

The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the plum-coloured starling or amethyst starling, or Ndambamukula in the Venda language, is a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is the only member of the genus Cinnyricinclus. This strongly sexually dimorphic species is found widely in the woodlands and savannah forest edges of mainland sub-Saharan Africa. It is rarely seen on the ground, but instead found in trees and other locations away from the ground.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Violet-backed starling (revision 1379927277), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q694756 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).