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 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Slender-billed Starling
Onychognathus tenuirostris
Chestnut-winged Starling
Onychognathus fulgidus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Splendid Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Purple-headed Starling
Hylopsar purpureiceps
Narrow-tailed Starling
Poeoptera lugubris
Purple Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
Stuhlmann's Starling
Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis chalcurus
📅 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 Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Waller's Starling sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Waller's Starling in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Waller's Starling in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.