Where to see
Tricholaema leucomelas
Waterberg Plateau Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Acacia Pied Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 5 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Waterberg Plateau Park
In Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Acacia Pied Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
uMkhuze Game Reserve and more
After Waterberg Plateau Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Acacia Pied Barbet are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 40%), Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 20%) and Namib-Naukluft National Park (Namibia, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March and August in Waterberg Plateau Park (about 70%), January, March–April and August in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 50%) and January and August–November in Etosha National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Acacia Pied Barbet on a given day. Each park's Acacia Pied Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.
