Psilopogon australis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
The yellow-eared barbet (Psilopogon australis) is an Asian barbet native to Java and Bali. It inhabits shrubland and forest up to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Bucco australis was the scientific name proposed by Thomas Horsfield in 1821 who described a barbet from Java with yellow cheeks and breast.
BirdLife International (2019). "Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Barbet sighting in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, based on 224 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Little Barbet in Bali Barat National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February–March, May–June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Bali Barat National Park, in our data
Bali Barat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Little Barbet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Psilopogon
The closest relatives of the Little Barbet that you can see in Bali Barat National Park (genus Psilopogon, Typical Asian Barbets) are Coppersmith Barbet (about 70%) and Lineated Barbet (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Bali Barat National Park (224 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.
