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Pogoniulus subsulphureus

Pogoniulus subsulphureus chrysopygus


Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Family: Lybiidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


The yellow-throated tinkerbird (Pogoniulus subsulphureus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). They are small and sedentary, and typically forage in the higher canopy of primary or established secondary forest. Yellow-throated tinkerbirds located closer to the coast, as well as those in louder environments, have been found to make higher-pitched vocalizations.

Range: It is found throughout the lowland intra-tropical rainforest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Subspecies: Three subspecies are recognized, of which the westernmost taxon has the deepest yellow and starkest black plumage.
  • P. s. chrysopygus (Shelley, 1889) — Sierra Leone and southeastern Guinea eastward to southern Ghana
  • P. s. flavimentum (J.Verreaux & E.Verreaux, 1851) — Togo eastward through Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
  • P. s. subsulphureus (Fraser, 1843) — limited to Bioko Island

Source: Wikipedia, article Pogoniulus subsulphureus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus subsulphureus) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.