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Piciformes / Lybiidae / Pogoniulus

Speckled Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus scolopaceus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spetin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus

Subspecies (3)

Pogoniulus scolopaceus flavisquamatus

southern Cameroon to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, far western Kenya, and northern Angola
Pogoniulus scolopaceus scolopaceus

Sierra Leone and southeastern Guinea to southern Nigeria
Pogoniulus scolopaceus stellatus

Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (spetin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.