Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyLybiidae (African Barbets)
- GenusTricholaema (Pied Barbets and Allies)
- SpeciesTricholaema lacrymosa (Spot-flanked Barbet)
The spot-flanked barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Aberdare National Park
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Moustached Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus leucomystax
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
White-eared Barbet
Stactolaema leucotis
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spot-flanked Barbet at Aberdare National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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