Yellow-spotted Barbet
Buccanodon duchaillui
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyLybiidae (African Barbets)
- GenusBuccanodon
- SpeciesBuccanodon duchaillui (Yellow-spotted Barbet)
The yellow-spotted barbet (Buccanodon duchaillui) is a bird species in the monotypic genus Buccanodon. It belongs to the African barbet family (Lybiidae) which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. Two subspecies are known: B. d. duchailllui (Cassin, 1856) (eastern yellow-spotted barbet) - eastern and central Africa, west to Nigeria B. d. dowsetti Boesman & Collar, 2019 (western yellow-spotted barbet) - Sierra Leone to Togo The western subspecies was described in 2019 as a distinct species based on its unique song. The western yellow-spotted barbet has a song described by Nigel James Collar and Peter Boesman as "a series of 7–10 accelerating notes similar to a song of hairy-breasted barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta)" (phoneticized as "oop"), while the eastern yellow-spotted barbet has a song described by Collar and Boesman as a "characteristic purring (lasting 1–2 seconds), unique among [African] barbets" (phoneticized as "rrurrrrrr…"). Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-spotted Barbet sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 302 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Grey-throated Barbet
Gymnobucco bonapartei
Speckled Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Western Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus coryphaea
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
Yellow-Billed Barbet
Trachyphonus purpuratus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus subsulphureus
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Tricholaema hirsuta
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
📅 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 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-spotted Barbet in Virunga National Park?
About 7% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-spotted Barbet sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 302 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-spotted Barbet in Virunga National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-spotted Barbet in Virunga National Park in our monthly data.