Alternative names: Lemon-rumped Tinkerbird, Golden-rumped Tinkerbird, Black-chinned Tinkerbird; Includes White-chested Tinkerbird
- Pogoniulus bilineatus
Identification
Length 9-12 cm (3½-4¾ in), mass 12-18 g.
Adult: Plain black crown and back. A white stripe extends backwards from the eye, and another from the base of the bill, through the lores to the sides of the neck. Rump yellow and upper tail coverts black. Chin, throat and flanks white to greyish white, chest and belly pale olive-yellow.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegal to northern Angola through coastal West African countries; Kenya to eastern South Africa through coastal East African countries; also southern Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe highlands, and eSwatini.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- P. b. leucolaimus:
- Senegambia to South Sudan, Uganda, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Angola
- P. b. poensis:
- Highlands of Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)
- P. b. mfumbiri:
- P. b. jacksoni:
- P. b. fischeri:
- Coastal Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania; Zanzibar and Mafia Island
- P. b. bilineatus:
- East Zambia and southern Tanzania to Mozambique and eastern South Africa
- P. b. makawai:
- Known only from a single specimen from Mayau, northwestern Zambia
Subspecies P. b. makawai which is known only from a single specimen from Mayau, northwestern Zambia, is here treated as a subspecies, others treat it as an invalid taxon (considering the single specimen an aberrant individual), but it was formerly considered a full species with the name White-chested Tinkerbird
Habitat
Highland and lowland forests, forest edges and dense woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mostly of fruit, particularly mistletoe berries.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-rumped_Tinkerbird
External Links
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