Aplonis cantoroides
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The singing starling (Aplonis cantoroides) is a medium-sized (20 cm in length) starling. Adult singing starlings have glossy black plumage and bright red irises. Immature birds are paler, with streaked underparts and brown irises. They are distinguished from metallic starlings by shorter, square tails and thicker bills.
Singing starlings are found in New Guinea and some adjacent islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands and Solomon Islands. They have been recorded from Boigu and Saibai Islands, Queensland, Australian territory in north-western Torres Strait. They inhabit forest edges, gardens and cultivated areas with trees, urban areas and coconut groves.
They eat figs and other soft fruits, and sometimes insects. They nest in tree-hollows, cliffs and buildings, often colonially, laying 2-3 pale blue eggs. The call is a repeated, high-pitched, down-slurred whistle. As a species with a large range and no evidence of population decline, it is assessed as being of Least Concern.
Beehler, Bruce M.; & Finch, Brian W. (1985). Species Checklist... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Singing Starling sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 354 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Singing Starling in Raja Ampat on a given day, against about 10% in April and November, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Singing Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Singing Starling sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Aplonis
The closest relatives of the Singing Starling that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Aplonis, Pacific Starlings) are Moluccan Starling (about 10%) and Metallic Starling (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Singing Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (354 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.
