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Where to see the Red-winged Starling in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Red-winged Starling at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area and Goukamma Nature Reserve.

Onychognathus morio

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Red-winged Starling
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When and where to find the Red-winged Starling

Hosts have recorded the Red-winged Starling at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area and Goukamma Nature Reserve.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Cederberg Wilderness Area · Goukamma · Anysberg

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Hluhluwe-Imfolozi

    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

KrugerCederberg Wilderness AreaGoukammaAnysbergGamkaberg

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Onychognathus morio

Records

6,672

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Red-winged Starling on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Red-winged Starling in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Red-winged Starling at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve and Kwandwe Private 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.

Where can you see the Red-winged Starling in South Africa?

The Red-winged Starling is most recorded in Western Cape (63% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (15% of records), Eastern Cape (7% of records), based on 6,672 iNaturalist observations. 101 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Red-winged Starling on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Red-winged Starling?

The Red-winged 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; Cederberg Wilderness Area: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Red-winged Starling?

The red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio) is a bird of the starling family Sturnidae native to eastern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape in South Africa. It is known in Afrikaans as the rooivlerkspreeu, and as iSomi in Xhosa and Zulu.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Red-winged Starling

Every stay on the Red-winged Starling page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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