Western Tinkerbird | |
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Information | |
Range | Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Piciformes |
Family | Lybiidae |
Genus | Pogoniulus |
Species | Pogoniulus coryphaea |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Western tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) is a species of tinkerbird in the Lybiidae family. It used to be placed in the family Bucconidae (puffbirds), which has been split up; alternatively, it may be included in a vastly expanded Ramphastidae (toucans).
It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.