Trachyphonus purpuratus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The eastern yellow-billed barbet (Trachylaemus purpuratus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western yellow-billed barbet. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western Kenya.
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Billed Barbet sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 683 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Billed Barbet in Kibale National Park on a given day, against about 30% in June and August, the lowest months. Those are among Kibale National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Billed Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Yellow-Billed Barbet sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 40%).
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Billed Barbet that you can see in Kibale National Park (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (about 50%), Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (about 40%) and Speckled Tinkerbird (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Billed Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (683 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.
