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Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus uropygialis (Heuglin, MT 1862)

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


Original description

Citation:
  (Heuglin, MT 1862)

Reference:
   J. f. Orn. 10 p.37

Protonym:
  Barbatula uropygialis

Type locality:
  Ain Saba, Eritrea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32705865


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
English:
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
French:
Barbion de Heuglin


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird ( Pogoniulus uropygialis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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]

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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English: Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
French: Barbion de Heuglin
Scientific: Pogoniulus uropygialis

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