Stactolaema whytii
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
Whyte's barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae (African barbets). It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the naturalist Alexander Whyte, who collected in what is now Malawi.
The bird is 18–20.4 cm (7.1–8.0 in) long and weighs 51–63 g (1.8–2.2 oz). It is mainly brownish with a large black bill, head, and tail. The bird has a white malar mark, wings, and tail. There is also a small red spot under the malar mark. Wikipedia →
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Zimbabwe · 2019
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Zimbabwe · 2026
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Whyte's Barbet sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 144 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Whyte's Barbet in Harare on a given day, against about 10% in April and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Harare's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 200 mm in December.
Only Harare, in our data
Harare is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Whyte's Barbet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Whyte's Barbet that you can see in Harare (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Crested Barbet (about 60%), Black-collared Barbet (about 30%) and Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Whyte's Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Harare (144 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.
