Western tinkerbird
| Western tinkerbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Pogoniulus |
| Species: | P. coryphaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogoniulus coryphaea (Reichenow, 1892) | |
The western tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets). It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Pogoniulus coryphaeus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.