Black-bellied Starling

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black-bellied Starling at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Garden Route National Park, Keurbooms River Nature Reserve and Robberg Nature Reserve. 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 Black-bellied Starling is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (64% of records), Western Cape (25% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), based on 1,150 iNaturalist observations. 13 places to stay on Spekboom in Western Cape have recorded the Black-bellied Starling on site or nearby.

The Black-bellied 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. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round; Robberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The black-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.