Chestnut-winged Starling

Onychognathus fulgidus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsForestCavity nestMedium · 109 g

When to see the Chestnut-winged Starling

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-winged Starling

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Togo.

About the Chestnut-winged Starling

The chestnut-winged starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.

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Easily confused with

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