Western Tinkerbird

When to see the Western Tinkerbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Western Tinkerbird

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Western Tinkerbird

The western tinkerbird 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.

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Easily confused with

Moustached TinkerbirdPogoniulus leucomystaxThe moustached tinkerbird has mostly a yellow-tinged-green color, a paler belly, and darker undersides. Green TinkerbirdPogoniulus simplexThe Green Tinkerbird is a diminutive (approximately 11.5 cm, 8.8 g) and active olive-green barbet characterized by a lack of obvious facial markings, a short, two-toned bill with a black tip and yellow base, a conspicuous bright yellow rump, and two distinct yellow wing bars. Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialisIt is a strikingly marked bird, characterized by a red patch above the bill in adult males.