Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Kafue National Park
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Sharp-tailed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis acuticaudus
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
📅 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 Kafue National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Kafue National Park, based on 39 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Kafue National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Kafue National Park in our monthly data.