Brown-Breasted Barbet

Brown-Breasted Barbet

Lybius melanopterus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Tsavo East National Park

Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park

Black-collared Barbet
LC

Black-collared Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lybius torquatus

<5% · Rare
White-headed Barbet
LC

White-headed Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lybius leucocephalus

Insufficient data
D'Arnaud's Barbet
LC

D'Arnaud's Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trachyphonus darnaudii

20–30% · Possible
Green Barbet

Green Barbet

Bird

Stactolaema olivacea

10–20% · With luck
Red-and-yellow Barbet
LC

Red-and-yellow Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

10–20% · With luck
Spot-flanked Barbet
LC

Spot-flanked Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tricholaema lacrymosa

0–10% · With luck
Black-throated Barbet
LC

Black-throated Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tricholaema melanocephala

0–10% · With luck
Green Tinkerbird
LC

Green Tinkerbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pogoniulus simplex

<5% · Rare
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
LC

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

<5% · Rare
Moustached Tinkerbird
LC

Moustached Tinkerbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pogoniulus leucomystax

<5% · Rare
Red-fronted Barbet
LC

Red-fronted Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tricholaema diademata

<5% · Rare
Nubian Woodpecker
LC

Nubian Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Campethera nubica

10–20% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
0–10%
2 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Breasted Barbet in Tsavo East National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Brown-Breasted Barbet sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 42 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown-Breasted Barbet in Tsavo East National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Brown-Breasted Barbet in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.

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