Waller's Starling
Waller's Starling

Waller's Starling

Onychognathus walleri

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

Waller's starling (Onychognathus walleri) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau and Bioko, the Albertine Rift montane forests, the East African montane forests and the Eastern Arc forests. The common name and scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Gerald Waller. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park

Red-winged Starling
LC

Red-winged Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Onychognathus morio

5–10% · With luck
Superb Starling
LC

Superb Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis superbus

60–70% · Likely
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
LC

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

50–60% · Likely
Hildebrandt's Starling
LC

Hildebrandt's Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis hildebrandti

40–50% · Likely
Wattled Starling
LC

Wattled Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Creatophora cinerea

30–40% · Possible
Greater Blue-eared Starling
LC

Greater Blue-eared Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

10–20% · With luck
Violet-backed Starling
LC

Violet-backed Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

5–10% · With luck
Ashy Starling
LC

Ashy Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis unicolor

<5% · Rare
Fischer's Starling
LC

Fischer's Starling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lamprotornis fischeri

<5% · Rare
Grey-backed Fiscal
LC

Grey-backed Fiscal

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanius excubitoroides

40–50% · Likely
Northern White-crowned Shrike
LC

Northern White-crowned Shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eurocephalus ruppelli

40–50% · Likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Waller's Starling at Serengeti National 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 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
2 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
4 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
6 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
7 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
8 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
9 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
10 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
11 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
12 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
13 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
14 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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