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[[Image:Abbotts_Starling.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Shailesh+Patel|Shailesh Patel}} <br />Gatamaiyu Forest, [[Kenya]], November 2005]]
;[[: Category:Poeoptera|Poeoptera]] femoralis
''Pholia femoralis''; ''Cinnyricinclus femoralis''
==Identification==
16-18 cm. A small and distinctive Starling.
* Blue-back head, upperparts, chin, throat and breast
* Creamy white belly, flanks and undertail-coverts
* Whitish eye
* Black bill and legs
Sexes similar. Juveniles are dark grey above, have a yellowish wash on throat and breast and a dark brown eye.
==Distribution==
South-central [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]].

Rare in its small range and classified as '''Vulnerable''' in the 2008 IUCN Red List due to loss of habitat [[#References|1]].
[[Image:Abbotts_starling_kenya.JPG |thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|THE_FERN|THE_FERN}}. Mount Kenya National Park, [[Kenya]], November 2021]]
==Taxonomy==
Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Poeoptera|Poeoptera]]''. Sometimes alternatively placed in genus ''[[:Category:Cinnyricinclus|Cinnyricinclus]]'' or ''[[:Category:Pholia|Pholia]]''.

May form a superspecies with [[Sharpe's Starling]].
====Subspecies====
Clements regards this as a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species [[#References|[2]]].
==Habitat==
Mid-altitude and montane forest. Occurs from 1800m to 2600m, sometimes up to 2800m.
==Behaviour==
Feeds on fruits and insects.
Forages in small flocks, mainly in the canopy.
Breeding recorded in February, March and October. The nest is placed in a tree hole.
A resident species with some local movements.
==References==
# BirdLife International. 2008. Species factsheet: ''Cinnyricinclus femoralis''. Downloaded from [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6792&m=0 http://www.birdlife.org] on 30/11/2008.
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==External Links==
{{GSearch|Starling+femoralis}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Poeoptera]]
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