NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Babbling Starling
Neocichla gutturalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1871)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The babbling starling (Neocichla gutturalis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is monotypic within the genus Neocichla. It is found in the African countries of Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. The babbling starling is a small starling that consists of yellow, dark brown, grey, and black coloring. There are two subspecies that include the Babbling starling western and the Babbling starling eastern. They are not globally threatened but are poorly known. Their diet can consist of termites, berries, and flowers that are usually on the ground. Their generation length in years is 4.16.
Wikipedia contributors, Babbling starling; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:10:17.222995+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neocichla gutturalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1871)
- Name authority
- (Barboza du Bocage, 1871)
- Common name
- Babbling Starling
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Genus
- Neocichla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familySturnidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusNeocichla Sharpe, 1876
- speciesNeocichla gutturalis (Barboza du Bocage, 1871)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Crateropus gutturalis Barboza du Bocage, 1871 Barboza du Bocage, 1871 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561564 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:46CYJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.