Slender-billed Starling
Onychognathus tenuirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilySturnidae (Starlings)
- GenusOnychognathus (Red-winged Starlings)
- SpeciesOnychognathus tenuirostris (Slender-billed Starling)
Closest Relatives at Volcanoes National Park
Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
Stuhlmann's Starling
Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
Bronze Sunbird
Nectarinia kilimensis
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Slender-billed Starling in Volcanoes National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Slender-billed Starling sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Slender-billed Starling in Volcanoes National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Slender-billed Starling in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.