Magpie Starling

Magpie Starling

Speculipastor bicolor

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Tsavo East National Park

Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park

Superb Starling
LC

Superb Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis superbus

30–40% · Possible
Fischer's Starling
LC

Fischer's Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis fischeri

20–30% · Possible
Golden-breasted Starling
LC

Golden-breasted Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis regius

20–30% · Possible
Wattled Starling
LC

Wattled Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Creatophora cinerea

10–20% · Possible
Greater Blue-eared Starling
LC

Greater Blue-eared Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

10–20% · With luck
Red-winged Starling
LC

Red-winged Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Onychognathus morio

10–20% · With luck
Hildebrandt's Starling
LC

Hildebrandt's Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis hildebrandti

0–10% · With luck
Violet-backed Starling
LC

Violet-backed Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

<5% · Rare
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
LC

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

<5% · Rare
Shelley's Starling
LC

Shelley's Starling

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Lamprotornis shelleyi

<5% · Rare
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling
LC

Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis chloropterus

<5% · Rare
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
2 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Magpie Starling in Tsavo East National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Magpie Starling sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 33 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Magpie Starling in Tsavo East National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Magpie Starling in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.

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