Eastern Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)

Other Names (World)
Eastern Green Tinkerbird, African Green-Tinkerbird, Green Tinkerbird(!), Green Tinkerbarbet(!), African Green Tinkerbird, African Green Tinkerbarbet

Family
Lybiidae (African Barbets)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,525 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of].

South-eastern Kenya (southern from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest) to north-eastern Tanzania, and southern disjunctly to south-eastern Malawi and southern Mozambique (Sul do Save); also Zanzibar.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) [XC855424]
by Alan Collett from Rubanda (near Luhizha), Rubanda, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (?)

Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) [XC510362]
by id from Muheza outskirts, Tanga, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Moustached Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) and Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea), all having in past been placed in separate genus Viridibucco. Birds of southern Malawi and Mozambique sometimes separated as subspecies hylodytes.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Eastern Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Eastern Green Tinkerbird see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Eastern Green Tinkerbird

If you would like to read any articles about the Eastern Green Tinkerbird...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Eastern Green Tinkerbird

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Eastern Green Tinkerbird or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (3)

No Videos of Eastern Green Tinkerbird

If Birdpedia has no videos of Eastern Green Tinkerbird or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)