Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Golden-breasted Starling
Lamprotornis regius
Fischer's Starling
Lamprotornis fischeri
Magpie Starling
Speculipastor bicolor
Bristle-crowned Starling
Onychognathus salvadorii
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 37% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 334 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in Samburu National Reserve?
March has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.