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Pogoniulus simplex (Green
tinkerbird, Green tinker barbet)
Groentinker [Afrikaans]; Groene ketellapper [Dutch];
Barbion vert [French]; Schlichtbartvogel [German]; Barbadinho-verde [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Piciformes >
Family: Lybiidae
Distribution and habitat
Occurs in eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya, Malawi and
northern Mozambique; it is a rare vagrant further south in Mozambique. It generally prefers moist lowland forest with a dense and
tangled understorey.
Food
Mainly eats small fruit, seeds and insects, hawking prey
aerially or gleaning from vegetation.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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