Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The speckled tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abidjan | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 2 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Tinkerbird sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 297 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Tinkerbird in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 40% in January, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckled 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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Speckled Tinkerbird sightings, Kakum National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 40%) and Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Pogoniulus
The closest relatives of the Speckled Tinkerbird that you can see in Kakum National Park (genus Pogoniulus, Tinkerbirds) are Red-rumped Tinkerbird (about 40%), Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (about 30%) and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckled Tinkerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (297 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
