Western tinkerbird

Western tinkerbird
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. coryphaea
Binomial name
Pogoniulus coryphaea
(Reichenow, 1892)
Subspecies
  • Pogoniulus coryphaea angolensis - (Boulton, 1931)
  • Pogoniulus coryphaea coryphaea - (Reichenow, 1892)
  • Pogoniulus coryphaea hildamariae - (Sclater, WL, 1938)

The western tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae native to Central Africa, where it has been recorded at altitudes from 900 to 3,030 m (2,950 to 9,940 ft).

It has a threefold area of presence : the Angolan montane forest–grassland mosaic, the Western High Plateau and the Albertine Rift montane forests.