Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusOnychognathus (Red-winged Starlings)
- SpeciesOnychognathus morio (Red-winged Starling)
The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. An omnivorous, generalist species, it prefers cliffs and mountainous areas for nesting, and has moved into cities and towns due to similarity to its original habitat. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Purple-banded Sunbird
Cinnyris bifasciatus
African Golden-Weaver
Ploceus subaureus
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Collared Sunbird
Hedydipna collaris
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-winged Starling at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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