Poeoptera sharpii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sharpe's starling (Pholia sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is monotypic in the genus Pholia.
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Wikipedia →
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Tanzania · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sharpe's Starling sighting in Arusha National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 373 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sharpe's Starling in Arusha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. That is one of Arusha National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 440 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sharpe's Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sharpe's Starling sightings, Arusha National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sharpe's Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Arusha National Park (35 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
