Barbets (Capitonidae)
Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus) - HBW 7, p. 185
French: Barbion à front rouge
German: Feuerstirn-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudito Frentirrojo
Other common names: Red-fronted Tinkerbarbet
Taxonomy: Bucco pusillus Dumont, 1816, Sunday River, east Cape Province.
Forms a superspecies with P. chrysoconus, which it meets marginally in Ethiopia and South Africa with no apparent hybridization; both are also closely related to P. bilineatus and P. subsulphureus, and perhaps fairly close to P. atroflavus. Populations to E and S of L Victoria formerly separated as race eupterus. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- uropygialis (Heuglin, 1862) - Eritrea and N & C Ethiopia to N Somalia.
- affinis (Reichenow, 1879) - SE Sudan, SE Ethiopia and S Somalia S to SE Tanzania.
- pusillus (Dumont, 1816) - S Mozambique and E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male calling Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp pusillus)
Dave Jackson 30 November 2001 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A bird drinking from a low branch Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp pusillus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 July 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 4.1 -
calling from treetop Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp affinis)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 4 -
A perched bird, scratching it's head twice and looking around. Locality Kipepeo, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (ssp affinis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 February 2012 41 weeks ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird ejecting a seed, which is repeated in slow motion. Locality Kipepeo, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (ssp affinis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 February 2012 41 weeks ago 12 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp pusillus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 July 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 3.5
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Bird at drinking place
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp pusillus)
Roland Bischoff 21 July 2005 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird foraging in a tree.
Locality Klein's camp, Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp affinis)
M P Goodey 1 February 2007 1 year ago 4.1 -
Foraging in tree
Locality Adi Keyh, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
male adult
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 3 years ago 3 -
Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus pusillus)
Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 1 February 2010 2 years ago 2.3
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In forest near the beach. 9:22am. Locality False Bay Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp pusillus)
Charles Hesse 5 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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