Poeoptera sharpii
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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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| # | 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 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 197 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sharpe's Starling in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and December, the lowest months.
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.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sharpe's Starling sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 10%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same genus: Poeoptera
The closest relatives of the Sharpe's Starling that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Poeoptera, Poeoptera Starlings) are Narrow-tailed Starling (about 10%) and Stuhlmann's Starling (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sharpe's Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (197 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.
