Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Etosha National Park
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Pale-winged Starling
Onychognathus nabouroup
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus nigricans
Cape Crow
Corvus capensis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Mariqua Flycatcher
Bradornis mariquensis
Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota
📅 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 Etosha National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Etosha National Park, based on 93 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Etosha National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Etosha National Park in our monthly data.