Pogoniulus chrysoconus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet. It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the red-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus. Barbets are near passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution.
The subspecies vary with respect to size and colour tone of the plumage streaks. If P. c. extoni is restricted to the southernmost population occurring in southeastern Botswana, northern South Africa and Eswatini, the following two subspecies are also recognized:
It is associated with mesic, open to closed broadleaved or mixed woodlands and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 11 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 12 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 15 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 18 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 19 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 20 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 21 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 4 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 5 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Lomé | 🇹🇬 Togo | |
| 9 | N'Djamena | 🇹🇩 Chad | |
| 10 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 140th most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird in Johannesburg on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird sightings, Johannesburg ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Maiduguri (Nigeria, about 60%), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 40%) and Abuja (Nigeria, about 40%).
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird that you can see in Johannesburg (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Crested Barbet (about 50%) and Black-collared Barbet (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Johannesburg (39 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.
