Starlings, Rhabdornises

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

The Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) is a 73 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Starlings, Rhabdornises

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

73 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

16

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eSwatini, Somalia, Angola, Malawi.

Where to see it: CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); Mansoor Hotel (Somalia); Amboseli NP (Kenya); Tarangire NP (Tanzania).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist