Alternative names: African Green Tinkerbird; Eastern Green Tinkerbird
- Pogoniulus simplex
Identification
Length 9-12 cm, mass 8-10 g
Dull olive green with a yellow rump and yellow wing bars.
Distribution
Eastern Africa: Coastal Kenya and Tanzania; northern Mozambique and south-eastern Malawi.
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Two subspecies are recognised by some authors (simplex and hylodytes[2]
Habitat
Dense forest undergrowth and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of fruit (particularly mistletoe berries), seeds and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green Tinkerbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Tinkerbird
