Species profile
White-chested Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus makawai
Quick answer
Known only from a single specimen from Mayau, nw Zambia
- Scientific name
- Pogoniulus makawai
- Family
- Lybiidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Pogoniulus
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient
Recording White-chested Tinkerbird in your journal
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