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Taxonomic note

Notopholia corusca (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Lamprotornis corruscus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,470,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.69 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common to abundant (Feare et al. 1998). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 14.1% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being 11-14%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eswatini	Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves
Kenya	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya	Boni and Dodori National Reserves
Kenya	Dakatcha Woodland
Kenya	Lower Tana River Forests
Kenya	Marenji Forest
Kenya	Mrima Hill Forest
Kenya	Shimba Hills
Kenya	Tana River Delta
Mozambique	Changelane river gorge
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Gorongosa Mountain and National Park
Mozambique	Maputo Special Reserve
Mozambique	Pomene
Mozambique	Primeiras and Segundas Environmental Protection Area (APAIPS)
Mozambique	Zambezi River Delta
Somalia	Aangole - Farbiito
Somalia	Far Waamo
Somalia	Laag Badaana
South Africa	Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
South Africa	iSimangaliso Wetland Park
South Africa	Ithala Game Reserve
South Africa	Kruger National Park and adjacent areas
South Africa	Ndumo Game Reserve
South Africa	Umlalazi Nature Reserve
Tanzania	Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Handeni District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Jozani Forest
Tanzania	Kilwa District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kisarawe District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Lindi District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Muheza District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pangani District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Rufiji District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2000 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-bellied-starling-notopholia-corusca on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.