| White-chested tinkerbird | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Pogoniulus |
| Species: | P. makawai |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogoniulus makawai Benson & Irwin, 1965 | |
The white-chested tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is endemic to the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests of Zambia. It is only known from the single type specimen, collected in 1964[1] by Jali Makawa, the field assistant and collector for Constantine Benson. Genetic evidence suggests that it may not a separate species, but instead be a population embedded within the yellow-rumped tinkerbird if it is not an aberrant individual.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Pogoniulus makawai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724370A94863777. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Kirschel, Alexander N. G.; Nwankwo, Emmanuel C.; Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. (2018). "Investigation of the status of the enigmatic White-chested Tinkerbird Pogoniulus makawai using molecular analysis of the type specimen". Ibis. 160 (3): 673–680. doi:10.1111/ibi.12597.
- ^ Collar, N.J.; Fishpool, L.D.C. (2006). "What is Pogoniulus makawai". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 13 (1): 18–27.
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