Lamprotornis chalcurus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The bronze-tailed starling or bronze-tailed glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is native to the Sudan and adjacent areas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and August, the lowest months. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling sightings, Kidepo Valley National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 20%).
Same genus: Lamprotornis
The closest relatives of the Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (genus Lamprotornis, Glossy Starlings and Allies) are Rüppell's Glossy-starling (about 60%), Superb Starling (about 40%) and Greater Blue-eared Starling (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (40 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.
