Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus uropygialis(Heuglin, MT, 1862)
English (US) Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
The Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus uropygialis) 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 uropygialis
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pogoniulus uropygialis uropygialis
- Pogoniulus uropygialis affinis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Barbatula uropygialis
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1862)
- Type locality
- Ain Saba, Eritrea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 10, no.55 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
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Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
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Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
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Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
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