Pogoniulus uropygialis (Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird)

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Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus uropygialis (Heuglin, MT 1862)

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Ramphastidae
Genus:
   Pogoniulus
Scientific:
  Pogoniulus uropygialis

Original description

Citation:
(Heuglin, MT 1862)

Reference:
J. f. Orn. 10, no.55 p.37

Protonym:
Barbatula uropygialis

Type locality:
Ain Saba, Eritrea.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101707#page/51/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
E01F4BD748FDDA20

Avibase ID:
avibase-E01F4BD7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E01F4BD7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 685916

Geographic range:

Pogoniulus uropygialis uropygialis: Eritrea to northern and central Ethiopia and northern Somalia
Pogoniulus uropygialis affinis: southeastern South Sudan to southeastern Ethiopia and southern Somalia, southward to northern Uganda and southern Kenya southward to the Kilifi River
Pogoniulus uropygialis eupterus: southern Kenya southward from the Kilifi River and eastern Tanzania

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Danish:
Eritrea Tinkerfugl
French:
Barbion de Heuglin
Slovak:
fuzáň savanový
Chinese:
北红额小拟啄木鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pogoniulus [pusillus or uropygialis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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