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- Pogoniulus coryphaeus
Identification
Length 10 cm.
Upper parts mainly black with a broad yellow strip from the crown to the rump, a yellow wing bar and yellow edging on the wing feathers. It has a white moustache stripe and grey-olive underparts.
Distribution
Three separate montane populations: The moutains west-central Cameroon and adjascent Nigeria; the mountains of extreme eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and adjascent Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania; and the escarpment of western Angola.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized:[1]
- P. c. coryphaeus - Eastern Nigeria and adjacent southwestern Cameroon
- P. c. hildamariae - Eastern Zaire, southwestern Uganda and western Rwanda
- P. c. angolensis - West-central Angola
Habitat
Montane forest and forest edge.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Western Tinkerbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Western_Tinkerbird
