Cape Glossy Starling

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Cape Glossy Starling at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Addo Elephant National Park, Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park and Golden Gate Highlands National Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Cape Glossy Starling is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (23% of records), Mpumalanga (18% of records), Gauteng (16% of records), based on 4,491 iNaturalist observations. 92 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Cape Glossy Starling on site or nearby.

The Cape Glossy Starling is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The Cape starling, red-shouldered glossy-starling or Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in southern Africa, where it lives in woodlands, bushveld and in suburbs.