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Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus uropygialis

Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus uropygialis) — Woodpeckers & Toucans of Africa.

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The Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus uropygialis) is a member of the Lybiidae family found in Africa.

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Where it fits

  1. Class Aves
  2. Order Piciformes
  3. Family Lybiidae African Barbets
  4. Genus Pogoniulus
  5. Species uropygialis

Where it lives

Open woodland in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to southeastern Sudan, Uganda and southeastern Tanzania

Quick facts

Family
Lybiidae
Order
Piciformes

Biology & behaviour

The Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus uropygialis) is a species of african barbets in the family Lybiidae, order Piciformes. It is found in Africa — open woodland in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to se Sudan, Uganda and se Tanzania.

Conservation

Not Evaluated

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