Other Names (World)
Moustached Green Tinkerbird, Moustached Green-Tinkerbird, Whiskered Green Tinkerbird, Moustached Tinkerbird, Moustached Tinkerbarbet
Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) [XC312527]
by Peter Boesman from Karura Forest (nr Shark's Gate) Nairobi, Kenya (call)
Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) [XC27959]
by Martin St-Michel from Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Eastern Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) and Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea), all having in past been placed in separate genus Viridibucco. Populations of present species show slight clinal increase in size towards south, but no constant geographical colour differences to warrant subspecific differentiation. Birds from Chyulu Hills (Kenya) formerly separated as subspecies chyulu.