Black-bellied Starling

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black-bellied Starling at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, Garden Route National Park, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Ithala Game Reserve 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 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. 21 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa 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; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. 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.