Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Pale-winged Starling
Onychognathus nabouroup
Pied Starling
Lamprotornis bicolor
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Social Weaver
Philetairus socius
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Laniarius atrococcineus
Mariqua Flycatcher
Bradornis mariquensis
Scaly Weaver
Sporopipes squamifrons
Yellow Canary
Crithagra flaviventris
📅 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 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, based on 33 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in our monthly data.