Pogoniulus bilineatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets), which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa. It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).
Six subspecies are recognised: Pogoniulus bilineatus leucolaimus (Verreaux, JP & Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851) – Senegambia to South Sudan, Uganda, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola Pogoniulus bilineatus poensis (Alexander, B, 1908) – highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
Pogoniulus bilineatus mfumbiri (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1907) – southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Tanzania and Zambia Pogoniulus bilineatus jacksoni (Sharpe, RB, 1897) – highlands of eastern Uganda, central Kenya, Rwanda, and northern Tanzania
Pogoniulus bilineatus fischeri (Reichenow, A, 1880) – coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar, and Mafia Island Pogoniulus bilineatus bilineatus (Sundevall, CJ, 1850) – eastern Zambia and southern Tanzania to Mozambique... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 12 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 14 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 16 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 20 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 21 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 22 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Brazzaville | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 5 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 8 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 232 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 371 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sightings, Nairobi National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 50%), Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 50%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird that you can see in Nairobi National Park (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Spot-flanked Barbet (about 40%), White-headed Barbet (about 30%) and Red-fronted Barbet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi National Park (232 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.
