Other Names (World)
Moustached Green Tinkerbird, Moustached Green-Tinkerbird, Whiskered Green Tinkerbird, Moustached Tinkerbird, Moustached Tinkerbarbet
Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) [XC116778]
by Frank Lambert from Mazumbai Forest Reserve, Tanga, Tanzania (call)
Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax) [XC398198]
by Rolf A. de By from Manyenjere forest, Nyika NP, Zambia (song)
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.