Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The red-and-yellow barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) is a species of African barbet found in eastern Africa. Males have distinctive black (spotted white), red, and yellow plumage; females and juveniles are similar, but less brightly colored. The species lives in broken terrain and nests and roosts in burrows. Omnivorous, the species feeds on seeds, fruit, and invertebrates. Where not hunted, they are tame, but their feathers are used by certain tribes, such as the Maasai.
Red-and-yellow barbet adult males have distinctive plumage made up black with spotted white, red and yellow. It has a black forehead and crown with a slight crest. The nape is orange and red with black spots. The side of the neck is red, going into yellow. The back is mostly black with white spots. The tail is a blackish brown with up to eight cream spots forming bars. The under side of the tail is yellow with black bars. The chin and throat are yellow, and there is a black patch at the centre of the throat. The throat is bordered by areas with more orange areas. The breast is orange to red-orange, becoming more yellow at the sides, with a dark band with white spots crossing through the middle... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Basel Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 5 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | North Carolina Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Saint Louis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Caldwell Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Franklin Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Attica Zoological Park | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 18 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 19 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 20 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Reserva Zoológica Oasys MiniHollywood | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | Kuala Lumpur Bird Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 23 | Henry Vilas Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Reid Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | Central Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | |
| 27 | Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 28 | Zoologischer Garten Hof | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 29 | El Jardí dels Ocells | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 30 | The Green Planet | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-and-yellow Barbet sighting in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 272 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.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Red-and-yellow Barbet in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Mkomazi National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 150 mm in December. May has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-and-yellow 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.
Among the best
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Red-and-yellow Barbet sightings, Mkomazi National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tarangire National Park (Tanzania, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-and-yellow Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Mkomazi National Park (95 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.
