Where to see
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Mkomazi National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a D'Arnaud's Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Mkomazi National Park
In Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a D'Arnaud's Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tsavo West National Park and more
After Mkomazi National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a D'Arnaud's Barbet are in Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 50%) and Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January and July in Mkomazi National Park (about 70%), April, June and October–November in Tsavo West National Park (about 60%) and October and December in Kidepo Valley National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a D'Arnaud's Barbet on a given day. Each park's D'Arnaud's Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.
