Where to see
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Lake Mburo National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rüppell's Glossy-starling during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 10 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 12 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Lake Mburo National Park
In Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppell's Glossy-starling sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Akagera National Park and more
After Lake Mburo National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Rüppell's Glossy-starling are in Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 70%), Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 70%) and Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Lake Mburo National Park (about 90%), April–July and September–October in Akagera National Park (about 80%) and June and July in Queen Elizabeth National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rüppell's Glossy-starling on a given day. Each park's Rüppell's Glossy-starling page has the full month-by-month chart.
