Lybius bidentatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The double-toothed barbet (Pogonornis bidentatus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Within Pogonornis bidentatus, there are two subspecies: Pogonornis bidentatus bidentatus and Pogonornis bidentatus aequatorialis.
Pogonornis bidentatus is a barbet with black and red coloring. Its bill is large and off-white, and the skin around its eyes is yellow. The double-toothed barbet is black on the top side of its body with a patch of white feathers on its back. Its breast is red, with a white patch on its side. Females and males have similar markings, except that females have lines of black feathers on the white side patch. Juveniles of the species are duller; their feathers are dark grey.
Its song is somewhat like a cat's purr. Sometimes pairs of double-toothed barbets will sing together. Double-toothed barbets generally live in the understory of dense... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeyland | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Birds of Eden | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Double-Toothed Barbet sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Double-Toothed Barbet in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Double-Toothed 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.
5th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Double-Toothed Barbet sightings, Murchison Falls National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%), Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 30%) and Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Double-Toothed Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Murchison Falls National Park (122 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.
