Red-and-yellow Barbet

Where to see

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

Tarangire National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-and-yellow Barbet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
2 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
3 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
4 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
5 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
6 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
7 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Red-and-yellow Barbet?

Tarangire National Park

In Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-and-yellow Barbet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Red-and-yellow Barbet?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March–April and December in Tarangire National Park (about 60%), June in Mkomazi National Park (about 60%) and July and November–December in Samburu National Reserve (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-and-yellow Barbet on a given day. Each park's Red-and-yellow Barbet page has the full month-by-month chart.