Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) — Woodpeckers & Toucans of Africa.
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The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a member of the Lybiidae family found in Africa. Adults weigh 10.8 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Piciformes
- Family Lybiidae African Barbets
- Genus Pogoniulus
- Species chrysoconus
Quick facts
- Weight
- 10.8 g
- Diet
- Fruit-eaters
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open woodland, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family, part of the order Piciformes. It occurs naturally across Africa. Its distribution covers AF widespread.
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 10.8 g, with a wing length of about 5.8 cm and a tail of around 3 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 10.2 million km² — a very large global range.
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a very small bird that weighs around 10.8 g.
Where does the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird live?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is found across Africa with a range covering AF widespread, where it is typically found in wooded and forested habitats.
What family does the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird belong to?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) belongs to the Lybiidae family, in the order Piciformes.
What does the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird eat?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Does the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird migrate?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird make?
1 real field recording of the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird — including its call — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird's range?
The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird has a mapped global range of about 10.2 million km².
Conservation
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