Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Splendid Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
Purple-headed Starling
Hylopsar purpureiceps
Narrow-tailed Starling
Poeoptera lugubris
Slender-billed Starling
Onychognathus tenuirostris
Purple Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
Chestnut-winged Starling
Onychognathus fulgidus
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wattled Starling in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 209 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.