Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Piciformes > Lybiidae > Pogoniulus > Pogoniulus simplexPogoniulus simplex (Green Tinkerbird)The green tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets).It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.71834 EDGE Score: 2.0436 |
Adult Weight [1] | 9 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 1.3 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | Diet - Fruit [3] | 70 % | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 30 % | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 50 % | Forages - Understory [3] | 50 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [4] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian coastal flooded savanna |
Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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East Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gede Ruins National Monument |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Handeni District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kaya Gandini |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Kaya Waa |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Kilwa District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Kisarawe District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lindi District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marenji Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mikumi National Park |
Tanzania |
A3 |
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Mrima Hill Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Mtwara District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Muheza District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Newala District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pangani District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rufiji District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Shimba Hills |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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West Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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