Chaplin's Barbet
Lybius chaplini
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyLybiidae (African Barbets)
- GenusLybius (Typical African Barbets)
- SpeciesLybius chaplini (Chaplin's Barbet)
Closest Relatives at Kafue National Park
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Black-Backed Barbet
Lybius minor
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Bennett's Woodpecker
Campethera bennettii
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chaplin's Barbet in Kafue National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Chaplin's Barbet sighting in Kafue National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chaplin's Barbet in Kafue National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Chaplin's Barbet in Kafue National Park in our monthly data.