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Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Onychognathus

Waller's Starling

Onychognathus walleri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (walsta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Onychognathus

Subspecies (3)

Onychognathus walleri elgonensis

southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western and eastern Uganda (Mount Elgon), Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya (west of the Rift Valley)
Onychognathus walleri preussi

highlands of southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon; Bioko
Onychognathus walleri walleri

Kenya (east of Rift Valley) to Tanzania and northern Malawi

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (walsta1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.