The tinkerbirds or tinker barbets are the genus Pogoniulus of the Lybiidae, the African barbet family of near passerines, which was formerly included in the Capitonidae and sometimes in the Ramphastidae. Tinkerbirds are widely distributed in tropical Africa.
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speckled tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. | |
| Western tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. | |
| Moustached tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. | |
| Green tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. | |
| Red-rumped tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. | |
| Yellow-throated tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. | |
| Yellow-rumped tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | |
| Yellow-fronted tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | Africa south of the Sahara Desert | |
| Red-fronted tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | southern Sudan and Ethiopia south to central and eastern Tanzania, Mozambique and coastal South Africa. | |
Supposed fossil remains of Late Miocene tinkerbirds were found at Kohfidisch (Austria)[1] but are not yet thoroughly studied. It is not clear whether they belong to an extant genus, but given the late date this may well be so.