Pogonornis rolleti
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-breasted barbet (Pogonornis rolleti) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, and the extreme northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Uganda.
It occurs in woodlands of the eastern Sahel, between 200m and 1200m altitude (and as high as 2134m in western Sudan). This species is monotypic. The black-breasted barbet's range is largely in South Sudan. It is however known from Zakouma National Park, where birders do go to search for it. This frugivorous barbet is known to frequent fig trees in Zakouma National Park in the dry season. As these riverine areas flood heavily in the wet season, their movements are unknown but they are not presumed to be migratory. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Breasted Barbet sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Breasted Barbet in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, June, August and November, the lowest months. Those are among Kidepo Valley National Park's wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February. April and May have too few records to rate.
Only Kidepo Valley National Park, in our data
Kidepo Valley National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-Breasted Barbet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Lybius
The closest relatives of the Black-Breasted Barbet that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (genus Lybius, Typical African Barbets) are White-headed Barbet (about 20%) and Black-billed Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Breasted Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (64 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.
