Lamprotornis chalcurus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 4 | 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 Mole National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 175th most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling in Mole National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and December–February, the lowest months. July has 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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling sightings, Mole National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 20%) and Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 10%).
Same genus: Lamprotornis
The closest relatives of the Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling that you can see in Mole National Park (genus Lamprotornis, Glossy Starlings and Allies) are Long-tailed Glossy Starling (about 50%), Purple Glossy-Starling (about 30%) and Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling (about 10%), 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 Mole National Park (34 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.
