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==Identification==
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[[Image:Speckled_tinkerbird.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''flavisquamatus''<br /> Photo by {{user|andy+wilkes|andy wilkes}}<br />[[Uganda]], January 2010]]
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Length 12 cm (4¾ in)<br />
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*Blackish-olive crown
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*Olive-green upper parts (spotted and speckled with yellow)
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*Yellowish under parts, streaked olive
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==Distribution==
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Coastal West Africa from [[Sierra Leone]] to northern [[Angola]]; also inland through southern [[Central African Republic]] and [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] to [[Uganda]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. s. scolopaceus'':
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:*[[Sierra Leone]] and south-eastern [[Guinea]] to southern [[Nigeria]]
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*''P. s. stellatus'':
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:*[[Bioko]] Island (Gulf of Guinea)
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*''P. s. flavisquamatus'':
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:*Southern [[Cameroon]] to extreme western [[Kenya]], northern [[Angola]] and southern [[Zaire]]
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==Habitat==
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Primary forest edges and clearings; secondary growth and plantations.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They eat fruit, including figs, and insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Pogoniulus+scolopaceus}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pogoniulus]]

Latest revision as of 00:52, 11 November 2017

Nominate subspecies
Photo by Kwame Brown
Ankasa forest, Ghana, September 2017
Pogoniulus scolopaceus

Identification

Subspecies flavisquamatus
Photo by andy wilkes
Uganda, January 2010

Length 12 cm (4¾ in)

  • Blackish-olive crown
  • Olive-green upper parts (spotted and speckled with yellow)
  • Yellowish under parts, streaked olive

Distribution

Coastal West Africa from Sierra Leone to northern Angola; also inland through southern Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • P. s. scolopaceus:
  • P. s. stellatus:
  • Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
  • P. s. flavisquamatus:

Habitat

Primary forest edges and clearings; secondary growth and plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

They eat fruit, including figs, and insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

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