Yellow-rumped tinkerbird
| Yellow-rumped tinkerbird | |
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| Adult bird in the Kruger N. P. | |
| Call recorded in Saiwa Swamp, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Pogoniulus |
| Species: | P. bilineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850) | |
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The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a birdspecies in the familyLybiidae (African barbets), which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
Relationships
It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognised:[2]
- P. b. leucolaimus (Verreaux, JP & Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851) – Senegambia to South Sudan, Uganda, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola
- P. b. poensis (Alexander, B, 1908) – highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
- P. b. mfumbiri (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1907) – southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Tanzania and Zambia
- P. b. jacksoni (Sharpe, RB, 1897) – highlands of eastern Uganda, central Kenya, Rwanda, and northern Tanzania
- P. b. fischeri (Reichenow, A, 1880) – coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar, and Mafia Island
- P. b. bilineatus (Sundevall, CJ, 1850) – eastern Zambia and southern Tanzania to Mozambique and eastern South Africa
Range
It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Gallery
- in Uganda
- Illustration by J.G. Keulemans
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References
- ^BirdLife International (2016). "Pogoniulus bilineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22681769A92918986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681769A92918986.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
External links
- (Yellow-rumped tinkerbird = ) Golden-rumped tinker barbet - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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