Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyLybiidae (African Barbets)
- GenusPogoniulus (Tinkerbirds)
- SpeciesPogoniulus bilineatus (Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird)
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
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
Grey-throated Barbet
Gymnobucco bonapartei
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 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 8 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 9 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 17 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 18 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 20 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 21 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 22 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 23 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 45 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Masai Mara National Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.