Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusOnychognathus (Red-winged Starlings)
- SpeciesOnychognathus walleri (Waller's Starling)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Ashy Starling
Lamprotornis unicolor
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Kenrick's Starling
Poeoptera kenricki
Fischer's Starling
Lamprotornis fischeri
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgops ruficauda
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Waller's Starling in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Waller's Starling sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 47 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Waller's Starling in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
February has the highest sighting rate for Waller's Starling in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.