Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus(Temminck, CJ, 1832)
English (US) Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Lybiidae (African Barbets) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus
- Pogoniulus chrysoconus extoni
- Pogoniulus chrysoconus xanthostictus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco chrysoconus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1832)
- Type locality
- Galam, Senegal.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.90, vol.3 pl.536 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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