Western tinkerbird

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Western tinkerbird
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. coryphaea
Binomial name
Pogoniulus coryphaea
(Reichenow, 1892)
Subspecies [2]
  • Pogoniulus coryphaea angolensis - (Boulton, 1931)
  • Pogoniulus coryphaea coryphaea - (Reichenow, 1892)
  • Pogoniulus coryphaeahildamariae - (Sclater, WL, 1938)

The western tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae native to Central Africa, where it has been recorded at altitudes from 900 to 3,030 m (2,950 to 9,940 ft). [1]

It occurs in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International. (2018). "Pogoniulus coryphaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22681740A130046358. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22681740A130046358.en . Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.