Green Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus simplex(Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
English (US) Green Tinkerbird
The Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) 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.
Range: coastal forest of southeastern Kenya to Tanzania, Malawi, and southern MozambiqueRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pogoniulus simplex
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green Tinkerbird
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Barbatula simplex
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
- Type locality
- Massailand =. Pangani River, Tanganyika Territory, ex Vog. Afr., 2, 1903, p. 146.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 32, no.165 p.180
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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