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Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lamprotornis pulcher
14.1024, 15.3239
Field Notes
Description:
This member of Sturnidae family comes in two main colors - rufous or chestnut colored belly, and dark blue with greenish hue on chest and upperparts; and lacks the glossy shine all over. Grey-brown (again not glossy) head with pale eye.
Habitat:
Common resident and intra-African migrant, remaining in sub-Saharan semi-desert belt. Here observed in semi-urban setting, it was a regular visitor of our office compound in Mao township in Kanem region of Chad.
Notes:
Seems like the first spotting on NOAH.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 11, 2017
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