Black-bellied Starling

Notopholia corrusca (Nordmann, 1835) — also called Black-bellied Glossy Starling, Black-bellied Glossy-Starling, Black-bellied Glossy-starling. Occurrence records of the Black-bellied Starling are shared on GBIF from around 92 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (2 417 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernSturnidae

92reserves with records

19 623records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corrusca) — Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2 417
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 436
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 424
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 404
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	979
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	776
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	776
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	773
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	756
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	652
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	554
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	546
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	469
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	401
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	361
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	347
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	337
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	320
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	318
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	314
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	299
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	261
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	248
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	234
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	205
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	204
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	197
Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	196
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	160
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	151
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	111
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	111
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	106
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	106
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	104
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	89
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	84
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	71
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	70
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	59
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	57
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	53
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	50
Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	48
Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	46
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	46
Island Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	45
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	43
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	43
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	40
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	40
Dumaneni ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	39
Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	37
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	37
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	34
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	32
Honey Trails: HikingNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	31
River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	27
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	26

and 32 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 56 reserves
Eastern Cape: 26 reserves
Western Cape: 9 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Scientific name: Notopholia corrusca
GBIF taxon: 6100936
Wikidata: Q27075600

More of the Sturnidae family

Red-winged Starling Cape Starling Common Starling Common Myna Pied Starling Violet-backed Starling Burchell's Starling Wattled Starling Greater Blue-eared Starling Pale-winged Starling Meves's Starling

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.