Gymnobucco peli
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The bristle-nosed barbet (Gymnobucco peli) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae. 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).
Its range covers areas near the Gulf of Guinea (on either side of the Dahomey Gap), from eastern Sierra Leone to far northwestern Angola. The Bristle-nosed barbet is a dark, stocky bird characterized by a prominent buff tuft of feathers on its forehead. It is typically found in small groups, frequenting dead trees in rainforests, secondary growth, and plantations, often alongside Naked-faced or Grey-throated Barbets. It closely resembles the Naked-faced Barbet but can be distinguished by the prominent tuft above its bill. Additionally, while similar to the Gray-throated Barbet, it is set apart by its mostly unfeathered head and pale bill.
Its vocalizations include nasal "squeaky toy" calls, a dry rattle, and a series of uniform hollow hoots. The Bristle-nosed Barbet remains poorly studied in terms of its lifestyle and behavior. It forages in the foliage of fruit-bearing trees, often hanging upside down from... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bristle-nosed Barbet sighting in Odzala-Kokoua National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bristle-nosed Barbet in Odzala-Kokoua National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August and November–February, the lowest months. That is one of Odzala-Kokoua National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 50 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bristle-nosed 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.
Only Odzala-Kokoua National Park, in our data
Odzala-Kokoua National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bristle-nosed Barbet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Bristle-nosed Barbet that you can see in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Red-rumped Tinkerbird (about 30%), Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (about 30%) and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bristle-nosed Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (7 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.
