Meves's Glossy-starling

Meves's Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis mevesii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kafue National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
20–30
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
70–80%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
60–70%
3 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
60–70%
4 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
50–60%
5 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
6 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
7 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
0–10%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
9 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Meves's Glossy-starling in Kafue National Park?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Meves's Glossy-starling sighting in Kafue National Park, based on 50 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Meves's Glossy-starling in Kafue National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Meves's Glossy-starling in Kafue National Park in our monthly data.

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