Barbets (Capitonidae)
Speckled Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus scolopaceus) - HBW 7, p. 182
French: Barbion grivelé
German: Schuppenbartvogel
Spanish: Barbudito Escolopáceo
Other common names: Spectacled Tinkerbird/Tinkerbarbet
Taxonomy: Xylobucco scolopaceus Bonaparte, 1850, Ashanti, Ghana.
No close relatives. Forms described as aloysii from Kenya and Uganda and flavior from N Angola considered synonyms of flavisquamatus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scolopaceus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sierra Leone and SE Guinea E to S Nigeria.
- stellatus (Jardine & Fraser, 1852) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- flavisquamatus (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855) - S Cameroon E to Uganda, S to N Angola and S Zaire.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp flavisquamatus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 18 sec 3.1 -
bird on the forest edge Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda (ssp flavisquamatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 10 September 2010 2 years ago 8 sec 3
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Lateral view of male on a branch
Locality Mbaminkom Mountain, Centre Province, Cameroon (ssp flavisquamatus)
Mikko Pyhälä 16 February 2012 13 weeks ago 2.7 -
A bird perched on a bush
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp scolopaceus)
Arthur Grosset 26 May 2011 1 year ago 2.6
- No sound recordings available yet
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