Tinkerbirds
Pogoniulus
The tinkerbirds or tinker barbets are the genus Pogoniulus of the Lybiidae, the African barbet family of near passerines, which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. Tinkerbirds are widely distributed in tropical Africa.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus chrysoconus
Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus pusillus
Speckled Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus scolopaceus
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus uropygialis
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus subsulphureus
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus atroflavus
Moustached Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus leucomystax
Western Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus coryphaea
Green Tinkerbird
speciesPogoniulus simplex
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71739.