Pogoniulus bilineatus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Odzala-Kokoua National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
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.
6th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sightings, Odzala-Kokoua National Park ranks 6th at about 30%. 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 genus: Pogoniulus
The closest relatives of the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird that you can see in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (genus Pogoniulus, Tinkerbirds) are Red-rumped Tinkerbird (about 30%) and Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (about 30%), 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 Odzala-Kokoua National Park (12 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.
