Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

What the Yellow-throated Tinkerbird sounds like

Recorded by Ben Phalan · Song · Garleystown, Grand Gedeh, Liberia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Yellow-throated 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 Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

The map shades 15 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 Benin.

About the Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

The yellow-throated tinkerbird is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. They are small and sedentary, and typically forage in the higher canopy of primary or established secondary forest. Yellow-throated tinkerbirds located closer to the coast, as well as those in louder environments, have been found to make higher-pitched vocalizations.

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Easily confused with

Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceusThe speckled tinkerbird is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavusVoice: The species is known for its distinctive calls, which include an unbroken series of “pop” notes delivered at approximately 1.3 per second, rapid “bdddddt” trills lasting 3–4 seconds with around 29 notes per second, and shorter, higher-pitched trills at about 16 notes per second. Moustached TinkerbirdPogoniulus leucomystaxThe moustached tinkerbird has mostly a yellow-tinged-green color, a paler belly, and darker undersides.