Burchell's Glossy-starling

Where to see

Burchell's Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis australis

Moremi Game Reserve leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Burchell's Glossy-starling during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~70%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~40%
4 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Burchell's Glossy-starling?

Moremi Game Reserve

In Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Burchell's Glossy-starling sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Burchell's Glossy-starling?

Kruger National Park and more

After Moremi Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Burchell's Glossy-starling are in Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 40%), Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 40%) and Chobe National Park (Botswana, about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Burchell's Glossy-starling?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March, May and December in Moremi Game Reserve (about 80%), October in Kruger National Park (about 60%) and August, October and December–January in Waterberg Plateau Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Burchell's Glossy-starling on a given day. Each park's Burchell's Glossy-starling page has the full month-by-month chart.