Slender-billed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris

Silhouette: Rafael Maia · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kibale National Park

In 3 days <5%

9 Verified sightings at Kibale National Park From 2019 to 2026
410 In all 8 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Slender-billed Starling

The slender-billed starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Flight call0:11

Kenya · 2020

© James Bradley · XC537893 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:49

Ethiopia · 2015

© Peter Boesman · XC300516 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call1:14

Ethiopia · 2015

© Andrew Spencer · XC210330 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~30%
2 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
4 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~10%
5 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
6 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
7 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
8 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Slender-billed Starling in Kibale National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Starling sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 356th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Slender-billed Starling in Kibale National Park?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Starling in Kibale National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Slender-billed Starling?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed 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.

Where does the Slender-billed Starling sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (9 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.

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