Barbets (Capitonidae)
Western Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaeus) - HBW 7, p. 183
French: Barbion montagnard
German: Gelbrücken-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudito Coronado
Other common names: Green(!)/Western Tinkerbird/Tinkerbarbet
Taxonomy: Barbatula coryphaea Reichenow, 1892, Buea, Mount Cameroon.
Forms a superspecies with P. simplex and P. leucomystax, all three having in past been placed in separate genus Viridibucco. Races poorly defined, but widely separated geographically. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coryphaeus (Reichenow, 1892) - E Nigeria and adjacent W Cameroon uplands.
- hildamariae (W. L. Sclater, 1930) - E Zaire, SW Uganda and W Rwanda.
- angolensis (Boulton, 1931) - WC Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird changing its perch and singing before flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.9 -
A ventral view of a perched bird expeling a pellet and singing Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding on fruits in a bush Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 3.1 -
bird perching Locality Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Daniêl Jimenez 17 September 2010 1 year ago 13 sec 3 -
A distant bird calling from the top of a bush Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2002 5 years ago 24 sec 2.8
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Single bird near bamboo-thickets.
Locality Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda (ssp hildamariae)
Tom Tarrant 3 January 2006 2 years ago 3
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