Grey-throated Barbet
Gymnobucco bonapartei
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyLybiidae (African Barbets)
- GenusGymnobucco (Plain-coloured Barbets)
- SpeciesGymnobucco bonapartei (Grey-throated Barbet)
Closest Relatives at Masai Mara National Reserve
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Grey-throated Barbet in Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Grey-throated Barbet sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey-throated Barbet in Masai Mara National Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Grey-throated Barbet in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.