Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Small, handsome, black-and-white barbet. Always shows bold white stripes on the face. The rump color varies geographically, from pale yellow to gold. Found in forest and thick woodland. The call varies geographically. In some areas, gives a slow series of several “poop” notes. Elsewhere, gives a longer and faster series. On the coast of East Africa, gives a very fast trilled series. Similar to Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, but the facial markings are white--not yellow.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Authority
- (Sundevall, 1850)
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Genus
- Pogoniulus
Range and habitat
It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Bird Calls
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