Burchell's Glossy-starling
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Burchell's Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis australis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
1 Verified records at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis) or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The monogamous and presumably sedentary species is native to dry and mesic woodlands and savannah of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park

Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
LC

Red-shouldered Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis nitens

60–70% · Likely
Pied Starling
LC

Pied Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis bicolor

Insufficient data
Red-winged Starling
LC

Red-winged Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Onychognathus morio

20–30% · Possible
Violet-backed Starling
LC

Violet-backed Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

10–20% · With luck
Wattled Starling
LC

Wattled Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Creatophora cinerea

Insufficient data
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

70–80% · Very likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

70–80% · Very likely
Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed Oxpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

60–70% · Likely
Southern Fiscal
LC Endemic

Southern Fiscal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanius collaris

40–50% · Likely
Yellow-fronted Canary
LC

Yellow-fronted Canary

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Crithagra mozambica

40–50% · Likely
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
LC

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uraeginthus angolensis

40–50% · Likely
Rattling Cisticola
LC

Rattling Cisticola

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cisticola chiniana

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Burchell's Glossy-starling at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
60–70%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
30–40%
4 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
5 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
10–20%
6 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
7 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
8 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
9 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
10 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
11 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
12 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
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