Lybius melanopterus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Breasted Barbet sighting in Mombasa on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 115th most-seen of the 146 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, May and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Breasted Barbet in Mombasa on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–September and December, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Brown-Breasted Barbet sightings, Mombasa ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Breasted Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Mombasa (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.
