Pogoniulus chrysoconus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet. It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the red-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus. Barbets are near passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution.
The subspecies vary with respect to size and colour tone of the plumage streaks. If P. c. extoni is restricted to the southernmost population occurring in southeastern Botswana, northern South Africa and Eswatini, the following two subspecies are also recognized:
It is associated with mesic, open to closed broadleaved or mixed woodlands and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 11 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 12 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 15 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 18 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 19 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 20 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 21 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 4 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 5 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Lomé | 🇹🇬 Togo | |
| 9 | N'Djamena | 🇹🇩 Chad | |
| 10 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sighting in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 101st most-seen of the 117 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Bale Mountains National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 230 mm in April. March and September have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 21
Of the 21 parks where we can rate Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sightings, Bale Mountains National Park ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 20%), Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Bale Mountains National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
