Tricholaema melanocephala
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-throated barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its distribution has moved northward. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Barbet sighting in Samburu National Reserve on a given day, based on 262 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 341 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.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Barbet in Samburu National Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in June and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated 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.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Black-throated Barbet sightings, Samburu National Reserve ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 40%) and Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Samburu National Reserve (262 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.
