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Yellow-rumped tinkerbird

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Yellow-rumped tinkerbird
Adult bird in the Kruger N. P.
Call recorded in Saiwa Swamp, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. bilineatus
Binomial name
Pogoniulus bilineatus
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Barbatula bilineata

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.

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

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

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.

  • in Uganda
    in Uganda
  • Illustration by J.G. Keulemans
    Illustration by J.G. Keulemans

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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