Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Piciformes
Familia: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species: P. atroflavus - P. bilineatus - P. chrysoconus - P. coryphaeus - P. leucomystax - P. pusillus - P. scolopaceus - P. simplex - P. subsulphureus
Name
Pogoniulus de Lafresnaye, 1842
References
Primary references
d'Orbigny, C.H.D. (editor). 1842. Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. Volume 2. Paris: Bureau principal de l'éditeur. 795 pp. [Aphodie – Byzenus] BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.156428 Reference page. p. 463 BHL
Vernacular names
English: Tinkerbirds
suomi: Pikkusepät
slovenščina: Pritlikavi bradači
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.
List of species in taxonomic order
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Speckled tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. |
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Western tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. |
| Moustached tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. | |
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Green tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. |
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Red-rumped tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. |
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Yellow-throated tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. |
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Yellow-rumped tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | 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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Yellow-fronted tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | Africa south of the Sahara Desert |
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Red-fronted tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | southern Sudan and Ethiopia south to central and eastern Tanzania, Mozambique and coastal South Africa. |
Supposed fossil remains of Late Miocene tinkerbirds were found at Kohfidisch (Austria)[1] but are not yet thoroughly studied. It is not clear whether they belong to an extant genus, but given the late date this may well be so.
Footnotes
Mlíkovský (2002)
References
Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002): Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press, Prague. ISBN 80-901105-3-8 PDF fulltext Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
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