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)
The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets), which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
Black-billed Barbet
Lybius guifsobalito
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Grey-throated Barbet
Gymnobucco bonapartei
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Serengeti National Park?
About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Serengeti National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.