Biology:White-chested tinkerbird

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Short description: Species of bird

White-chested tinkerbird
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Lybiidae
Genus: Pogoniulus
Species:
P. makawai
Binomial name
Pogoniulus makawai
Benson & Irwin, 1965

The white-chested tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is endemic to the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests of Zambia. It is only known from the single type specimen, collected in 1964[1] by Jali Makawa, the field assistant and collector for Constantine Benson. Genetic evidence suggests that it may not be a separate species, but instead be a population embedded within the yellow-rumped tinkerbird if it is not an aberrant individual.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Pogoniulus makawai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22724370A94863777. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724370A94863777.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724370/94863777. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Kirschel, Alexander N. G.; Nwankwo, Emmanuel C.; Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. (2018). "Investigation of the status of the enigmatic White-chested Tinkerbird Pogoniulus makawai using molecular analysis of the type specimen". Ibis 160 (3): 673–680. doi:10.1111/ibi.12597. 
  3. Collar, N.J.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2006). "What is Pogoniulus makawai". Bulletin of the African Bird Club 13 (1): 18-27. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofafrica1312afri/page/18/mode/1up. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1163578 entry