Barbets (Capitonidae)
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus subsulphureus) - HBW 7, p. 184
French: Barbion à gorge jaune
German: Gelbkehl-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudito Gorgigualdo
Taxonomy: Bucco subsulphureus Fraser, 1843, Bioko.
Closely related to P. bilineatus and the superspecies formed by P. pusillus and P. chrysoconus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chrysopygus (Shelley, 1889) - Sierra Leone and SE Guinea E to S Ghana.
- flavimentum (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851) - Togo E to S Central African Republic and S Uganda, and S to C Zaire.
- subsulphureus (Fraser, 1843) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird scratching its head and expelling a pellet Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda (ssp flavimentum)
Josep del Hoyo 15 September 2006 5 years ago 40 sec 3.7
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Adult perched - unusually yellow individual
Locality Antwikwaa, Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp chrysopygus)
Nik Borrow 21 April 2012 51 weeks ago 3.8 -
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird perched
Locality Kribi, South Province, Cameroon (ssp flavimentum)
Bernard Guevorts 19 August 2012 32 weeks ago 3.3 -
Singing male on a branch
Locality Mbaminkom Mountain, Centre Province, Cameroon
Mikko Pyhälä 16 January 2013 11 weeks ago 2.8 -
A bird calling from a branch in a thorn bush
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp chrysopygus)
Ian Fulton 3 March 2009 3 years ago 2.3
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