Yellow-breasted Barbet
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Yellow-breasted Barbet

Trachyphonus margaritatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Awash National Park
30 Verified records at Awash National Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The yellow-breasted barbet (Trachyphonus margaritatus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Barbet sighting in Awash National Park, based on 30 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Awash National Park

Red-and-yellow Barbet
LC

Red-and-yellow Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

Insufficient data
Black-billed Barbet
LC

Black-billed Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lybius guifsobalito

20–30% · Possible
Black-throated Barbet
LC

Black-throated Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tricholaema melanocephala

Insufficient data
Red-fronted Barbet
LC

Red-fronted Barbet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tricholaema diademata

Insufficient data
Cardinal Woodpecker
LC

Cardinal Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendropicos fuscescens

10–20% · With luck
Nubian Woodpecker
LC

Nubian Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Campethera nubica

10–20% · With luck
Bearded Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chloropicus namaquus

5–10% · With luck
Eurasian Wryneck
LC

Eurasian Wryneck

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Jynx torquilla

Insufficient data
African Grey Woodpecker
LC

African Grey Woodpecker

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendropicos goertae

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
20–30
Mar
50–60
Apr
30–40
May
20–30
Jun
30–40
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
20–30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-breasted Barbet in Awash National Park?

About 26% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Barbet sighting in Awash National Park, based on 30 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Yellow-breasted Barbet in Awash National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-breasted Barbet in Awash National Park in our monthly data.

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