Saroglossa spiloptera
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The spot-winged starling (Saroglossa spilopterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It breeds in northern India and western Nepal; it winters in Northeast India, north-eastern Bangladesh and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was first bred in the UK by Mrs K.M. Scamell in 1969. A detailed account of the breeding can be found in the January/February 1970 edition of Foreign Birds, the journal of the Foreign Bird League.
It eats insects and fruit. It also feeds on nectar from Erythrina, Bombax, and Grevillea trees. Image at ADW Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-winged Starling sighting in Kaziranga National Park on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 323 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-winged Starling in Kaziranga National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–January, the lowest months. Those are among Kaziranga National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 520 mm in June. June and July have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-winged 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 4 parks where we can rate Spot-winged Starling sightings, Kaziranga National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Chitwan National Park (Nepal, under 5%) and Manas National Park (India, under 5%).
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Spot-winged Starling that you can see in Kaziranga National Park (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Jungle Myna (about 70%), Indian Pied Starling (about 60%) and Chestnut-tailed Starling (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-winged Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaziranga National Park (65 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.
