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WoodlandCavity nestTiny · 11 g
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The yellow-fronted tinkerbird is approximately 11 cm (4.3 in) in length. It is plump, with a short neck, large head, and short tail. The adult has black upperparts heavily streaked with yellow and white. Its head has a strong black and white pattern, with a yellow forecrown spot. The underparts and rump are lemon yellow. Both sexes are similar in appearance, but young birds have a differentiating dark crown that lacks the distinct yellow spot. Voice: At about 100 repetitions per minute, the yellow-fronted tinkerbird's call is a fast tink-tink-tink-tink. Many barbets perch prominently, but, unlike their larger relatives, the smaller tinkerbirds sing from cover and are more frequently heard than seen.
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When to see the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
The map shades 33 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Sudan.
About the Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
The yellow-fronted tinkerbird is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet. It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the red-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus. Barbets are near passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatusThe yellow-rumped tinkerbird is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillusThe southern red-fronted tinkerbird is 9–10.5 cm (3.5–4.1 in) in length.
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceusThe speckled tinkerbird is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
Side by side: Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird vs Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
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