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White chested tinkerbird

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Pogoniulus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Lybiidae

Scientific name
  
Pogoniulus makawai

Higher classification
  
Tinkerbird

Order
  
Piciformes

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Similar
  
Tinkerbird, Western tinkerbird, Lybiidae, Red‑rumped tinkerbird, Bird

The white-chested tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is endemic to the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests of Zambia. It is only known from the single type specimen, collected in 1964.

References

White-chested tinkerbird Wikipedia