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Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster   Witborsspreeu
Turdus leucogaster Boddaert, 1783, Tabl. Pl. Enlum., p39; no locality = Ouidah (Benin), vide Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat., 1(2):819. leucogaster (Gr) = white belly.
References

CONCISE REFERENCES: 1. Amsler 1935 2. Becker 1980 3. Borrett 1971 4. Botz 1991 5. Brooke et al. 1972 6. Craig AJFK (unpubl data) 7. Craig 1997 8. Dowsett RJ (unpubl data) 9. Friedmann 1955 10. Fry et al. 2000 11. Ginn 1986 12. Godschalk 1985 13. Hoesch & Niethammer 1940 14. Irwin 1981 15. Jenkins & Avery 1999 16. Jones 1945 17. Joubert 1943 18. Maclean 1993 19. NERCS (unpubl data) 20. Parker 1999 21. Pyper 1991 22. Skinner 1995 23. Swynnerton 1908 24. Symons 1949 25. Tarboton 2001 26. Traylor 1971 27. Vincent 1949 28. Vincent 1936.

COMPLETE REFERENCES: 1. Amsler M 1935 The breeding of the Amethyst Starling. Avicult. Mag. 13:295-300 2. Becker P 1980 Der Amethystglanzstar (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) als Brutvogel in Südwestafrika. Mitt. Ornitol. Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wiss. Ges. 16(1/2):1-2 3. Borrett RP 1971 The Amethyst Starling in winter in Rhodesia. Ostrich 42:88-82 4. Botz K 1991 Zuchterfolg beim Amethystglanzstar Cinnyricinclus leucogaster. Trochilus 12:70-71 5. Brooke RK, Grobler JH, Irwin MPS, Steyn P 1972 A study of the migratory eagles Aquila nipalensis and A. pomarina (Aves: Accipitridae) in southern Africa, with comparative notes on other large raptors. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. Rhod. (Ser. B) 5:68-114 7. Craig AJFK 1997 Plumcoloured Starling. In: Harrison JA et al. (eds). The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Vol. 2:462-463. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg 9. Friedmann H 1955 The Honeyguides. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 208:1-292 10. Fry CH, Keith S, Urban EK 2000 The Birds of Africa. Vol. 6. Academic Press, London 11. Ginn PJG 1986 Birds using helpers at the nest. Honeyguide 32:45 12. Godschalk SKB 1985 Feeding behaviour of avian dispersers of mistletoe fruit in the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Zool. 20:136-146 13. Hoesch W, Niethammer G 1940 Die Vogelwelt Deutsch-Südwestafrikas namentlich des Damara- und Namalandes. J. Ornithol. Suppl. 88:1-404 14. Irwin MPS 1981 The Birds of Zimbabwe. Quest Publishing, Salisbury 15. Jenkins AR, Avery GM 1999 Diets of breeding Peregrine and Lanner Falcons in South Africa. J. Raptor Res. 33:190-206 16. Jones H 1945 Notes on some birds of the Northern Rhodesia copperbelt. Ostrich 16:176-183 17. Joubert HJ 1943 Some notes on birds. Ostrich 14:1-7 18. Maclean GL 1993 Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 6th ed. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town 20. Parker V 1999 The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique. Avian Demography Unit & Endangered Wildlife Trust, Cape Town & Johannesburg 21. Pyper S 1991 Breeding the Amethyst Starling. Avicult. Mag. 97:144-146 22. Skinner NJ 1995 The breeding seasons of birds in Botswana 1: Passerine families. Babbler (Botswana) 29/30:9-23 23. Swynnerton CFM 1908 Further notes on the birds of Gazaland. Ibis 2 (9th ser):1-107 24. Symons HG 1949 The nesting of the Plum-coloured Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi. Ostrich 20:167-168 25. Tarboton W 2001 A Guide to the Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds. Struik, Cape Town 26. Traylor MA 1971 Molt and migration in Cinnyricinclus leucogaster. J. Ornithol. 112:1-20 27. Vincent AW 1949 On the breeding habits of some African birds. Ibis 91:313-345 28. Vincent J 1936 The Birds of Northern Portuguese East Africa. Part X. Ibis 6 (13th ser):48-125.

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