Tricholaema melanocephala
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The black-throated barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its distribution has moved northward. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Barbet sighting in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 34th most-seen of the 272 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Barbet in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March and August, the lowest months. May has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated 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.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Black-throated Barbet sightings, Mkomazi National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 20%) and Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Mkomazi National Park (62 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.
