The speckled tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets).

Speckled tinkerbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. scolopaceus
Binomial name
Pogoniulus scolopaceus
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. s. scolopaceus - (Bonaparte, 1850)
  • P. s. stellatus - (Jardine & Fraser, 1852)
  • P. s. flavisquamatus - (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855)
Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pogoniulus scolopaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681736A92917560. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681736A92917560.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.