What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Socotra Starling been recorded?

Onychognathus frater occurrence evidence comes from 1 records in 1 countries and territories, from 2022 to 2022. Most records come from Yemen.

Socotra Starling
Socotra Starling — Photo (display-sized rendition): Rod Waddington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesSturnidaeOnychognathus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1 records across 1 countries and territories, 2022–2022.

Onychognathus frater · GBIF taxon key 5230736

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

one-off describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where Socotra Starling has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Socotra Starling. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Yemen 1

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Record pattern: one-off
One-off or limited records in the covered source. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.