Black-bellied starling

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| name = Black-bellied starling

| image =Black-bellied Glossy-Starling - Mkuze - Natal_S4E8977 (22775346556).jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Notopholia corusca |volume=2016 |page=e.T22710661A94256024 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710661A94256024.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Notopholia

| parent_authority = Roberts, 1922

| species = corusca

| authority = (Nordmann, 1835)

| synonyms =

• Notopholia corrusca
• Lamprotornis corruscus}}

The black-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Their iris color changes by mood or behavior due to fluctuations in blood flow rates.{{cite journal |last1=McCulloch |first1=D. |year=1963 |title=Colour change in the iris of the Black-bellied starling Lamprotornis corruscus |journal=Ostrich |volume=34 |pages=177}}{{cite journal |last1=Britton |first1=P.L. |last2=Britton |first2=H. |year=1970 |title=Eye colour of the black-bellied glossy starling |journal=J. East Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bull. |volume=1970 |page=46}}{{cite journal |last1=Chittenden |first1=H. |last2=Myburgh |first2=N. |year=1994 |title=Eye colour change in Black-bellied starlings |journal=Birding South. Afr. |volume=46 |page=117}}{{Cite journal |last1=Craig |first1=Adrian |title=Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca) |date=2020-03-04 |journal=Birds of the World |editor-last=Billerman |editor-first=Shawn M. |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/bbgsta1/1.0/introduction |access-date=2024-06-03 |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |language=en |doi=10.2173/bow.bbgsta1.01 |last2=Feare |first2=C. J. |editor2-last=Keeney |editor2-first=Brooke K. |editor3-last=Rodewald |editor3-first=Paul G. |editor4-last=Schulenberg |editor4-first=Thomas S.|url-access=subscription }}