Where to see
Tricholaema hirsuta
Kakum National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Hairy-breasted Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
Kakum National Park
In Kakum National Park, Ghana, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hairy-breasted Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kibale National Park and more
After Kakum National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Hairy-breasted Barbet are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Kakum National Park (about 60%), March and August–October in Kibale National Park (about 40%) and March, May, July and October in Semuliki National Park (about 30%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Hairy-breasted Barbet on a given day. Each park's Hairy-breasted Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.
