Lybius melanopterus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The brown-breasted barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zlín-Lešná Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Waddesdon Aviary | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Breasted Barbet sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 138 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.
July, September and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Breasted Barbet in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against about 20% in April–May and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Dar es-Salaam's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in April.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Breasted Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Brown-Breasted Barbet sightings, Dar es-Salaam has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Mombasa (Kenya, about 10%).
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Brown-Breasted Barbet that you can see in Dar es-Salaam (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Spot-flanked Barbet (about 10%) and D'Arnaud's Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Breasted Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Dar es-Salaam (52 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.
