Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Akagera National Park
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Splendid Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wattled Starling in Akagera National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Akagera National Park, based on 45 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Akagera National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Akagera National Park in our monthly data.