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'''Alternative names: Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird, Golden-rumped Tinkerbird, White-chested Tinkerbird, Black-chinned Tinkerbird'''
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'''Alternative names: Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird, Golden-rumped Tinkerbird, Black-chinned Tinkerbird'''
 
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[[Image:Yellow-rumped_Tinkerbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}} <br />Port Edward, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]], April 2004]]
 
;[[:Category:Pogoniulus|Pogoniulus]] bilineatus
 
;[[:Category:Pogoniulus|Pogoniulus]] bilineatus
[[Image:Yellow-rumped_Tinkerbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}} <br />Port Edward, [[KZN]], South Africa.]]
 
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Length 9-12 cm, mass 12-18 g.
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Length 9-12 cm (3½-4¾ in), mass 12-18 g.
  
 
'''Adult''': Plain black crown and back. A white stripe extends backwards from the eye, and another from the base of the bill, through the lores to the sides of the neck. Rump yellow and upper tail coverts black. Chin, throat and flanks white to greyish white, chest and belly pale olive-yellow.  
 
'''Adult''': Plain black crown and back. A white stripe extends backwards from the eye, and another from the base of the bill, through the lores to the sides of the neck. Rump yellow and upper tail coverts black. Chin, throat and flanks white to greyish white, chest and belly pale olive-yellow.  
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]: [[Senegal]] to northern [[Angola]] through coastal West African countries; [[Kenya]] to eastern [[South Africa]] through coastal East African countries; also southern [[Central African Republic]], southern [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], northern [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]], eastern [[Zimbabwe]] highlands, and [[Swaziland]].
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[[Image:12368Yellow-rumped_Tinkerbird_rudydbn_Mkhuze.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}} <br />Mkhuze Game Reserve, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]]<!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery. It's currently the best of 8 images to show the rump-->]]
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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]: [[Senegal]] to northern [[Angola]] through coastal West African countries; [[Kenya]] to eastern [[South Africa]] through coastal East African countries; also southern [[Central African Republic]], southern [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], northern [[Zambia]], [[Malawi]], eastern [[Zimbabwe]] highlands, and [[eSwatini]].
  
[[Image:12368Yellow-rumped_Tinkerbird_rudydbn_Mkhuze.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|rudydbn|rudydbn}} <br />Mkhuze Game Reserve, [[KZN]], South Africa.]]
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are six subspecies.
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[[White-chested Tinkerbird]], ''Pogoniulus makawai'' is sometimes included in this species.
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====Subspecies====
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There are six subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. b. leucolaimus'':
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*:[[Senegambia]] to [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], south-eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and northern [[Angola]]
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*''P. b. poensis'':
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:*Highlands of [[Bioko]] Island (Gulf of Guinea)
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*''P. b. mfumbiri'':
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:*Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme south-western Uganda, western [[Tanzania]], and [[Zambia]]
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*''P. b. jacksoni'':
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:*Highlands of eastern Uganda, central [[Kenya]], [[Rwanda]] and northern Tanzania
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*''P. b. fischeri'':
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:*Coastal Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania; [[Zanzibar]] and Mafia Island
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*''P. b. bilineatus'':
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:*East [[Zambia]] and southern Tanzania to [[Mozambique]] and eastern [[South Africa]]
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forest, forest edge and dense woodland.
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Highland and lowland forests, forest edges and dense woodland.
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes mistletoe berries and fruit.
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====Diet====
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The diet consists mostly of fruit, particularly mistletoe berries.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. ''Robert's Birds of Southern Africa'', 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-Hockeyetal05}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
 
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#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}
Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. ''Birds of Africa south of the Sahara''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pogoniulus+bilineatus}}
 
{{GSearch|Pogoniulus+bilineatus}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pogoniulus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pogoniulus]]

Latest revision as of 21:22, 11 November 2021

Alternative names: Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird, Golden-rumped Tinkerbird, Black-chinned Tinkerbird

Photo © by rudydbn
Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, April 2004
Pogoniulus bilineatus

Identification

Length 9-12 cm (3½-4¾ in), mass 12-18 g.

Adult: Plain black crown and back. A white stripe extends backwards from the eye, and another from the base of the bill, through the lores to the sides of the neck. Rump yellow and upper tail coverts black. Chin, throat and flanks white to greyish white, chest and belly pale olive-yellow.

Distribution

Photo © by rudydbn
Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegal to northern Angola through coastal West African countries; Kenya to eastern South Africa through coastal East African countries; also southern Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe highlands, and eSwatini.

Taxonomy

White-chested Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus makawai is sometimes included in this species.

Subspecies

There are six subspecies[1]:

  • Highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
  • P. b. mfumbiri:
  • Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme south-western Uganda, western Tanzania, and Zambia
  • P. b. jacksoni:
  • Highlands of eastern Uganda, central Kenya, Rwanda and northern Tanzania
  • P. b. fischeri:
  • Coastal Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania; Zanzibar and Mafia Island
  • P. b. bilineatus:

Habitat

Highland and lowland forests, forest edges and dense woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists mostly of fruit, particularly mistletoe berries.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. 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
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
  4. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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