Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Red-fronted Tinkerbird at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Bontebok National Park, Camdeboo National Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Ithala Game Reserve and Mountain Zebra National Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Red-fronted Tinkerbird is most recorded in Eastern Cape (53% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (47% of records), based on 201 iNaturalist observations. 13 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Red-fronted Tinkerbird on site or nearby.

The Red-fronted Tinkerbird is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Bontebok National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Camdeboo National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus) is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The red-fronted tinkerbird, (Pogoniulus pusillus) is a small African barbet. Barbets are near-passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill. They have a world-wide tropical distribution.