Tinkerbird

Tinkerbirds
Western tinkerbird (P. coryphaea) in Mgahinga National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Lafresnaye, 1842
Type species
Bucco pusillus
Dumont, 1805
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Call of yellow-fronted tinkerbird (P. chrysoconus) in South Africa

The tinkerbirds or tinker barbets are the genus Pogoniulus of the Lybiidae, the African barbet family of near passerines, which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. Tinkerbirds are widely distributed in tropical Africa.

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