Red-winged Starling

Where to see

Red-winged Starling

Onychognathus morio

Table Mountain National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-winged Starling during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~80%
2 Golden Gate Highlands National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~70%
3 De Hoop Nature Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
4 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
5 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
6 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
7 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
8 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
9 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
10 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Red-winged Starling?

Table Mountain National Park

In Table Mountain National Park, South Africa, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Starling sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Red-winged Starling?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February, May–June, August and October–December in Table Mountain National Park (about 80%), August in Golden Gate Highlands National Park (about 90%) and April in De Hoop Nature Reserve (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-winged Starling on a given day. Each park's Red-winged Starling page has the full month-by-month chart.