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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

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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

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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

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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.

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References

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  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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