Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea)

Other Names (World)
Western Green Tinkerbird, Western Green-Tinkerbird, Green Tinkerbird(!), Green Tinkerbarbet(!), Western Tinkerbird, Western Tinkerbarbet

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1892)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 900 - 3,300 m, occasionally down to 50 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Western Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) [XC687318]
by Peter Boesman from Ussoke (near Kanjonde), Londuimbali, Huambo Province, Angola (call)

Western Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) [XC430377]
by Derek Engelbrecht from Bufumbira (near Kisoro), Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Eastern Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) and Moustached Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax), all having in past been placed in separate genus Viridibucco. Subspecies poorly defined, but widely separated geographically.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

coryphaea (Reichenow, 1892) - Eastern Nigeria (Obudu Plateau) and adjacent south-western Cameroon.
hildamariae (Sclater, WL, 1938) - Eastern Zaire, south-western Uganda and western Rwanda.
angolensis (Boulton, 1931) - West-central Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) - 10 files

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