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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Starling sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 127 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 102 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Starling in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–May, July–September and December, the lowest months. January and June have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascar Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Madagascar Starling sightings, Ranomafana National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mantadia National Park (Madagascar, about 40%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Madagascar Starling that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Madagascar Bulbul (about 80%), Souimanga Sunbird (about 70%) and Madagascar White-eye (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Madagascar Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Ranomafana National Park (127 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.
