Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) 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. == Subspecies == The subspecies vary with respect to size and colour tone of the plumage streaks. They include: P. c. chrysoconus (Temminck, 1832) P. c. extoni Layard, 1871 — southern Africa P. c. xanthostictus (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) If P. c. extoni is restricted to the southernmost population occurring in southeastern Botswana, northern South Africa and Eswatini, the following two subspecies are also recognized: P. c. rhodesiae Grant, 1915 — Angola, Zambia, northeastern Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe P. c. dryas Clancey & Lawson, 1961 — eastern to northern Mozambique and northwards == Range and habitat == The yellow-fronted tinkerbird is a widespread and frequently common resident breeder in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It is associated with mesic, open to closed broadleaved or mixed woodlands and scrub. It is found in riparian vegetation but occurs only sparsely in dry savanna and teak woodlands. == Description…