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Piciformes / Lybiidae / Pogoniulus

Western Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus coryphaea

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (westin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus

Subspecies (3)

Pogoniulus coryphaea angolensis

west-central Angola (Mount Moco and Mombolo highlands)
Pogoniulus coryphaea coryphaea

eastern Nigeria (Obudu Plateau) and adjacent southwestern Cameroon
Pogoniulus coryphaea hildamariae

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda, and western Rwanda

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (westin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.