Burchell's starling

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Burchell's starling

| image = Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) (16394703987).jpg

| image2 = Lamprotornis australis, roep 15s by Boekenhoutspruit, 2023-11-25 17h47, a.mp3

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Lamprotornis australis |volume=2018 |page=e.T22710731A132090179 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710731A132090179.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lamprotornis australis

| authority = (Smith, 1836)  protonym: Megalopterus australis Smith, A, 1836 [https://archive.org/details/reportexpeditio00afrigoog/page/n58 Rep. Exped. C. Afr.] Mayr & Greenway - Check-list of birds of the world. 1962. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485469

| range_map = Afrika Verbreitungsgebiet Lamprotornis australis.png

| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#9CE397|low density range|outline=gray}}{{leftlegend|#2AD429|high density range|outline=gray}}

| synonyms = Megalopterus australis A.Smith, 1836 (protonym) {{cite web |last1=Craig |first1=A. | last2=Feare |first2=C. |title=Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) | url=https://www.hbw.com/species/burchells-starling-lamprotornis-australis |website=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions, Barcelona |date = 2018 |access-date=31 December 2018}}

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Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis) or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The monogamous and presumably sedentary species is native to dry and mesic woodlands and savannah of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell.{{cite book |last=Beolens |first=Bo |title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds |year=2003 |publisher=Christopher Helm |location=London |page=72 |author2=Watkins, Michael}}