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.
| Yellow-rumped tinkerbird | |
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| Adult bird in the Kruger N. P. | |
| Call recorded in Saiwa Swamp, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Pogoniulus |
| Species: | P. bilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850)
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| Synonyms | |
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Relationships edit
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 edit
Pogoniulus bilineatus includes the following subspecies:[2]
- P. b. leucolaimus - (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1851)
- P. b. poensis - (Alexander, 1908)
- P. b. mfumbiri - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1907)
- P. b. jacksoni - (Sharp, 1897)
- P. b. fischeri - (Reichenow, 1880)
- P. b. bilineatus - (Sundevall, 1850)
Range edit
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 edit
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in Uganda -
Illustration by J.G. Keulemans
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References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
External links edit
- (Yellow-rumped tinkerbird = ) Golden-rumped tinker barbet - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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