Lybius dubius
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The bearded barbet (Pogonornis dubius) is an African barbet. Barbets are birds with a worldwide tropical distribution, although New World and Old World barbets are placed in different families. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.
The bearded barbet was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the puffbirds in the genus Bucco and coined the binomial name Bucco dubius. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "doubtful" or "dubious". John Latham had earlier included the species in his work A General Synopsis of Birds and had written "This bird inhabits the Coast of Barbary, and if of doubtful genus". Both Gmelin and Latham based their description on "Le Barbican" that had been described and illustrated in 1780 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon. The bearded barbet is now placed with 12 other barbets in the genus Lybius that was introduced in 1783 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
This is a conspicuous, large barbet at 26 centimetres...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Saloum Delta National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 3 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 4 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | SeaWorld Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 3 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Milwaukee County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Granby Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Saint Louis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Calgary Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 12 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 15 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 16 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 19 | Valencia Bioparc | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 20 | Birdworld | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 21 | Reserva Zoológica Oasys MiniHollywood | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 23 | Van Blanckendaell Park | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 24 | Reid Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | Prospect Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 27 | OdySea Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 28 | Haus des Meeres | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 29 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 30 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 31 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 32 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 33 | hipopotamiarnia i akwarium morskie warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Barbet sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 151 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Barbet in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, May and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Mole National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 220 mm in August. July has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bearded 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Bearded Barbet sightings, Mole National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Saloum Delta National Park (Senegal, about 20%) and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bearded Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Mole National Park (151 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.
