Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Brazzaville

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

32 Verified sightings at Brazzaville
5,106 In all 22 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets), which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa. It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).

Six subspecies are recognised: Pogoniulus bilineatus leucolaimus (Verreaux, JP & Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851) – Senegambia to South Sudan, Uganda, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola Pogoniulus bilineatus poensis (Alexander, B, 1908) – highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Pogoniulus bilineatus mfumbiri (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1907) – southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Tanzania and Zambia Pogoniulus bilineatus jacksoni (Sharpe, RB, 1897) – highlands of eastern Uganda, central Kenya, Rwanda, and northern Tanzania

Pogoniulus bilineatus fischeri (Reichenow, A, 1880) – coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar, and Mafia Island Pogoniulus bilineatus bilineatus (Sundevall, CJ, 1850) – eastern Zambia and southern Tanzania to Mozambique... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:38

South Africa · 2026

© JJSUN · XC1079406 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:21

Uganda · 2015

© Martin St-Michel · XC265020 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:14

Uganda · 2010

© Erik Eggenkamp · XC62757 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
3 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~50%
4 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~30%
6 Odzala-Kokoua National Park 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
~30%
7 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
8 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
9 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
10 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
11 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~10%
12 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
13 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
~10%
14 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
15 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~10%
16 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
17 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
18 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
19 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
20 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
21 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
22 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
3 Brazzaville 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
~30%
4 Yaoundé 🇨🇲 Cameroon
~10%
5 Mombasa 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
6 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
7 Freetown 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
~10%
8 Zanzibar City 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
9 Kigali 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Brazzaville?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Brazzaville on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Brazzaville?

April

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Brazzaville on a given day, against about 20% in January–February, August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Brazzaville's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against almost none in July. June has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Brazzaville the best place to see a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird?

3rd of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sightings, Brazzaville ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Durban (South Africa, about 40%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 30%).

Where does the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Brazzaville (32 verified sightings), 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.

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