Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
📅 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 Mana Pools National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 25 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Mana Pools National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.