Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Pied Starling
Lamprotornis bicolor
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Sombre Greenbul
Andropadus importunus
Redcap Robinchat
Cossypha natalensis
📅 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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.