Speckled tinkerbird

The speckled tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets).

Speckled tinkerbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. scolopaceus
Binomial name
Pogoniulus scolopaceus
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. s. scolopaceus - (Bonaparte, 1850)
  • P. s. stellatus - (Jardine & Fraser, 1852)
  • P. s. flavisquamatus - (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855)

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pogoniulus scolopaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.


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