Poeoptera sharpii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sharpe's starling (Pholia sharpii) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is monotypic in the genus Pholia.
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Wikipedia →
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Tanzania · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sharpe's Starling sighting in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 118th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sharpe's Starling in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Volcanoes National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 250 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sharpe's 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.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sharpe's Starling sightings, Volcanoes National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 10%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 10%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Sharpe's Starling that you can see in Volcanoes National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Streaky Seedeater (about 90%), Chubb's Cisticola (about 80%) and Common Bulbul (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sharpe's Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Volcanoes National Park (11 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.
