Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusCreatophora
- SpeciesCreatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)
Closest Relatives at South Luangwa National Park
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
📅 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 South Luangwa National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Wattled Starling sighting in South Luangwa National Park, based on 40 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Starling in South Luangwa National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Starling in South Luangwa National Park in our monthly data.