Trachyphonus darnaudii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae that is found in East Africa. Barbets and toucans are a group of birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Three geographical races (darnaudii, böhmi, emini) have been recorded. The usambiro barbet was previously regarded as a subspecies, but the 2021 taxonomic update to the IOC World Bird List upgraded this to full species status with the taxonomic name Trachyphonus usambiro.
D'Arnaud's barbet was formally described in 1847 as Micropogon darnaudii by the French naturalists Florent Prévost and Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs. The species was named in honour of the French explorer and engineer Joseph Pons d'Arnaud. The type locality is the Kordofan region of central Sudan. D'Arnaud's barbet is now one of four species placed in the genus Trachyphonus that was introduced 1821 by the Italian naturalist Camillo Ranzani.
Four subspecies are recognised: T. d... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 12 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a D'Arnaud's Barbet sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a D'Arnaud's Barbet in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against under 5% in March, July and September, the lowest months. That is one of Dar es-Salaam's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 260 mm in April.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most D'Arnaud's 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.
Only Dar es-Salaam, in our data
Dar es-Salaam is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate D'Arnaud's Barbet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the D'Arnaud's Barbet that you can see in Dar es-Salaam (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Brown-Breasted Barbet (about 30%) and Spot-flanked Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the D'Arnaud's Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Dar es-Salaam (14 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.
