Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Lybiidae
Genus
Pogoniulus
eBird Code
yertin1

Vocalizations

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
Gabi Rusu · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus bilineatus

    eastern Zambia and southern Tanzania to Mozambique and eastern South Africa

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus fischeri

    coastal Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar, and Mafia Island

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus jacksoni

    highlands of eastern Uganda, central Kenya, Rwanda, and northern Tanzania

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus leucolaimus

    Senegambia to South Sudan, Uganda, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus mfumbiri

    southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Tanzania and Zambia

  • Pogoniulus bilineatus poensis

    highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.